Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/10/2008

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/10/2008

Today's tougher-than-weekday puzzle, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle with internal 3x4 rectangles, is based on the letters in the anagram I CLEAR SPONGY. It's a clue, but it won't help you!

Sunday Challenge:

12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle: I CLEAR SPONGY
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning. Good luck!

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word ADVERSITY:

The Sunday Challenge coming your way in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 8/9/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 8/9/2008


Today's Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word ADVERSITY:

Puzzle: ADVERSITY
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solutions first thing in the morning, followed by the Sunday Challenge: a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle that should test your mettle!

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word IMPRUDENT:

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/8/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/8/2008

Today's classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word IMPRUDENT:

Puzzle: IMPRUDENT
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution in the morning.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solutions to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solutions to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's puzzle was based on the word LOCATIVES:

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 8/7/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 8/7/2008

Today's Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word LOCATIVES:

Puzzle: LOCATIVES
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,

Dave

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

The first of yesterday's two puzzles was based on the word VIDEOCAST:

The second puzzle, a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, was based on the letters in the anagram SLY GI JOHN:

A new puzzle in a little while.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 8/6/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 8/6/2008

Two puzzles for your solving pleasure today. The first is a normal classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle, based on the word VIDEOCAST:

Puzzle: VIDEOCAST
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

The second puzzle is a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle based on the letters in the anagram SLY GI JOHN:

9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle: SLY GI JOHN
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solutions tomorrow morning.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

The classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the name JACK FROST:

A new puzzle--actually, two new puzzles--in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 8/5/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 8/5/2008


Today's classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the name JACK FROST:

Puzzle: JACK FROST
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution in the morning!


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


Yesterday's classic puzzle was based on the words BACK FLIPS:


A new Word Sudoku puzzle in just a few hours.


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 8/4/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 8/4/2008

Today's classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words BACK FLIPS.

Puzzle: BACK FLIPS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution in the morning. And later this week, in addition to the daily classic Word Sudoku puzzle, I'll provide a slightly more challenging 9x9 Hidden Word Puzzle.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle for 8/3/2008

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle for 8/3/2008


The Sunday Challenge 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram BE RAVING FOUL; the hidden word/phrase was UNFORGIVABLE.


A new classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is on the way soon.


Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/3/2008

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/3/2008

Each Sunday I give you a challenge, but one not as tough as I find in my hometown Sunday paper, The Oregonian, which publishes a 16x16 (number/letter) "Monster" Sudoku each Sunday. I usually can't finish them, so, much of the time, I don't even try...but I can finish these: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzles, where you get an anagram of the hidden word or phrase, which you "unveil" or discover as you solve the Sudoku. I usually run it down the diagonal, although of course it could be anywhere in the grid, in any direction.

Today's puzzle is based on the letters in the anagram BE RAVING FOUL, which contains a very obscure clue to the hidden word or phrase--obscure enough so that you'll see it when you're done, but it won't help you along the way. I know: that's mean! But what good themed crossword puzzle explains the theme ahead of time? So I don't, either.

(I construct crosswords, too, but I haven't yet sold any...what limited, amateur experience I have so far certainly convinces me that writing good, consistent clues is very, very hard! And to think: Will Shortz does that for a living... Speaking of Mr. Shortz, if you don't subscribe to NPR's Sunday Puzzle podcast yet, hurry over to NPR or iTunes and get it. It's first-rate and fun!)

Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle: BE RAVING FOUL
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzles are actually easier, I think, because you have more information at each step: the possible puzzle entries are more constrained because the diagonals must also conform to the "exactly once" rule. The puzzle was based on the word VARIOUSLY:

The Sunday Challenge, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku (with 3x4 internal rectangles), is coming in just a bit.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Diagonal Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 8/2/2008

New Diagonal Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 8/2/2008


Today's 9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word VARIOUSLY:

Diagonal Word Sudoku Puzzle: VARIOUSLY
Each diagonal, row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution tomorrow, along with the Sunday Challenge!


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

The classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word INTERVALS, and (I think) was pretty easy:

A diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle coming your way in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/1/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/1/2008

After that last 16x16 Word Sudoku puzzle/quote, you may be looking for an easy one today (sorry 'bout that)! Here 'tis, based on the word INTERVALS.

Puzzle: INTERVALS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution tomorrow, along with the every-other-Saturday diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solutions to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Welcome to the month of August! For some reason, this month is always full of change for me. When I look back at job changes, moves, etc. in my life, they have most often happened in August. I have no idea why...

The first (and easy) 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word WRESTLING:

The second (much tougher) puzzle was a 16x16 Word Sudoku puzzle, tied to a quote, using the letters in the anagram X-RAYS HUNG PIVOTED:

A new puzzle in just a bit.

Thanks,

--Dave