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Can sudoku puzzles have a grid larger than 9*9?

Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

Sudoku puzzles generally have a grid that is nine squares by nine squares for a total of eighty-one squares. However, there is no rule that it has to stay nine by nine. Instead, it could be much...Read More

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What does "sudoku" mean?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

The word Sudoku is a word often heard when someone is writing numbers into a nine by nine grid. It comes from a Japanese words called suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru which means numbers that must...Read More

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What differentiates an easy sudoku puzzle from a hard one?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

There are many different versions of a sudoku. Most standard sudokus are the regular kind in which it originated. Some versions have more combinations of correct answers based on the fact that...Read More

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How do you solve hyper sudoku puzzles?

E. Austin
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

Hyper sudoku puzzles are very similar to regular sudoku puzzles. However, regular sudoku puzzles are quite difficult and time consuming. Therefore, even if one simple rule was added to solving...Read More

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Why is sudoku also called number place?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

The concept of playing Sudoku is quite easy to understand because you place numbers one through nine in a grid. All of those numbers must be different numbers between one through nine for each...Read More

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When did sudoku become popular?

Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

It is hard to believe that number puzzles similar to Sudoku have been around for more than one hundred years. Often, adults and children could go to their local newspaper to find these number...Read More

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When did sudoku become a feature of the newspaper?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

If you lived in Japan in the 1980s, then you might have seen the first Sudoku puzzles in newspapers because even though it was created in the United States and put in Dell Magazines, you probably...Read More

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Is there a Sudoku Championship in 2020?

T. Moore, Writer
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

Like crossword puzzles and now online puzzles, there are many competitions and contests that people can go to if they qualify for it. Due to sudoku being around for a long period of time, people...Read More

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How do you play sudoku?

E. Austin
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

First, you must figure out the goal of the puzzle. If there are numbers already placed in the sudoku puzzle, then you need to look at those numbers. Then you start writing numbers inside of the...Read More

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Is there an algorithm you can use to complete sudoku puzzles?

E. Austin
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

There are methods and certain algorithms that can be used to complete the sudoku puzzles. Many people use different strategies each time they do a sudoku puzzle. Some of these methods include the...Read More

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What is the basic logic followed in sudoku?

T. Moore, Writer
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

The basic logic followed in sudoku is to be able to sense a pattern behind the numbers that you are placing in the squares. It seems rather easy, but the more skilled players will know that...Read More

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What is a latin square?

Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

The Latin Square is a puzzle that closely resembles Sudoku. However, the Latin square is actually the first puzzle that led to Sudoku creation. In Latin square, it is more general in relation to...Read More

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How many possibles solutions can a 9*9 sudoku grid have if it uses the numbers 1 to 9?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

If you have every played a sudoku puzzle, you know that there are a lot of combinations of numbers. That is because of the fact that there are so many squares. Plus, there are nine numbers to fit...Read More

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How is killer sudoku different from normal sudoku?

E. Austin
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

Killer sudoku has been around for quite a while. Japan has had access to killer sudoku for almost thirty years. There are many similarities between the killer sudoku and regular sudoku. The rules...Read More

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When did the sudoku puzzle spread outside Japan?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 04, 2019

In 2004, the sudoku was found in British newspapers. There was one specific British newspaper to be exact. It was The Times. A man who was either visiting or living in Hong Kong saw the puzzle in...Read More

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