Saturday, January 07, 2006

sudoku (060107)

sudoku (060107)

Whoops - I was going to post this last night just before I went to sleep, but I forgot. Here's this week's tough sudoku.

The rules of sudoku: The puzzle board consists of a 9 by 9 grid, which is further divided up into nine 3 by 3 blocks. In each row, column, and 3x3 block, the numbers 1 through 9 each get written exactly once. The puzzle board generally starts with 18 to 30 of the cells in the grid already filled in. For those who need help, a short tutorial on how to solve sudoku puzzles can be found here.

To solve this puzzle, I suggest first saving the GIF on your computer. Then print it out (or copy it onto some graph paper) and solve it in pencil (or in pen if you're feeling bold); or, if you don't feel like using paper, then solve it using a graphics editor such as Microsoft Paint.

If you solve this puzzle, post your solution in the comments.

Update: the solution is here.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here's a link to this puzzle in sudokuhints solver where you can print it get hints etc:

Sudoku Hints Solver

Ed said...

Here's the solution to Saturday's sudoku:

547 182 936
639 754 821
281 693 457

952 471 368
314 869 572
768 235 194

873 946 215
425 317 689
196 528 743