Monday, November 22, 2021

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle was based on the letters in SYMPATRIC + ONE (CRYPTOMNESIA).

New puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Sunday, November 21, 2021

New Word Sudoku (Punnish Sudoku) Puzzles for Sunday, 11/21/2021

Every Sunday, I offer you a (generally very bad) pun (spelled out by solving Sudoku puzzles, of course). In 2021, these puns list Books Never Written, for obvious reasons.

WARBLED
7x7 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, enclosed shape and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once


FONT
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once


SHIV
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once


HILT
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once


HIES
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once


VETO
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote


Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2021, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

 

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 11/21/2021

SYMPATRIC + ONE
Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal


Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2021, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

 

Solutions to the Saturday Swifty Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out an adverbial pun known as a Tom Swifty.

The Sunday Challenge in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Saturday, November 20, 2021

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 11/20/2021

My pencil is dull," said Tom pointlessly.


A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun simultaneously describing the speaker and the speaker's statement. The name comes from the Tom Swift book series for young readers. The authors were roundly criticized for overusing adverbs and descriptive phrases, so that Tom rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. (The fact that they did this on purpose, to make the books laugh-out-loud funny to read, didn't blunt the criticism.) A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style—no longer related to Tom at all—that will make you groan out loud.

WAFTED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

VOYEUR
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

POLISH
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the Tom Swifty


Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in HS + ONE (HOSEN) and the 7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in LARD + ONE (LEONARD).

The Saturday Swifty in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Friday, November 19, 2021

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 11/19/2021

HS + ONE
5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells


LARD + ONE
7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells


Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in TARDILY + ONE (ORDINATELY).

Another set of puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Thursday, November 18, 2021

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 11/18/2021

TARDILY + ONE
10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x5 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal


Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in HURTS + ONE (SOUTHERN).

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 11/17/2021

HURTS + ONE
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal


Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in SCARPH + ONE (CAR PHONES).

A new puzzle in just a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 11/16/2021

SCARPH + ONE
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal


Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in W + ONE (ENOW) and the 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in FIL + ONE (OLEFIN).

More puzzles in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Monday, November 15, 2021

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 11/15/2021

W + ONE
4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x2 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells


FIL + ONE
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal


Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave


(A reminder that weekday puzzles in 2021 are based on words or phrases containing the three letters ONE, a puzzle form I call Missing Letter Hidden Word Sudoku. Please see my amazon puzzle page www.bit.ly/WordSudokuBooks for puzzle collections of this form that span the entire alphabet.)

 

Solutions to the Sunday Punnish Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out the punning title of a book never written.

New puzzles shortly.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Sunday, November 14, 2021

New Word Sudoku (Punnish Sudoku) Puzzles for Sunday, 11/14/2021

Every Sunday, I offer you a (generally very bad) pun (spelled out by solving Sudoku puzzles, of course). In 2021, these puns list Books Never Written, for obvious reasons.

NERVY
5x5 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, enclosed shape and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once


TOAD
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2021, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

 

Solutions to the Saturday Swifty Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out an adverbial pun known as a Tom Swifty.

The Sunday Challenge in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Saturday, November 13, 2021

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 11/13/2021

My pencil is dull," said Tom pointlessly.


A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun simultaneously describing the speaker and the speaker's statement. The name comes from the Tom Swift book series for young readers. The authors were roundly criticized for overusing adverbs and descriptive phrases, so that Tom rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. (The fact that they did this on purpose, to make the books laugh-out-loud funny to read, didn't blunt the criticism.) A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style—no longer related to Tom at all—that will make you groan out loud.

REMAND
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

LOPING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

MOSTLY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the Tom Swifty

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in HR + ONE (RHONE) and the 7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in JURY + ONE (JOURNEY).

The Saturday Swifty in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave