Latin Square Family... |
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Sudoku |
Regular Sudoku with numbers |
27 domain - 3x3 squares |
Books available |
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Gurmukhi Sudoku |
Regular Sudoku but with numbers in a writing system that you are less likely to be familiar with |
27 domain - 3x3 squares |
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DOW-doku |
Day Of Week Sudoku with numbers. The extra domain has the same rules as the columns, rows and so on |
28 domain - 3x3 squares + additional domain |
Books available |
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Wordoku |
Sudoku with additional domain down which a nine-letter word is spelled. This is one of those rare Sudoku puzzles where a knowledge of
the peculiar world of big dictionaries that have all of those obscure words that can be so useful close to the end of a game, can come in handy.
Solve the Sudoku and find the word. |
28 domain - 3x3 squares _ additional domain with word |
Books available |
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Shatter-doku |
Sudoku with additional domain which is scattered randomly around the board |
28 domain - 3x3 squares + nine 'bits'. |
Books available |
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Motif-doku |
Regular Sudoku with four additional domains. Each additional domain is a coloured, irregular block arranged symmetrically within the puzzle |
31 domain - 3x3 squares + four additional domains |
Books available |
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Sym-doku |
Regular Sudoku with extra domain, usually (but not always - '5'), symmetrical |
28 domain - 3x3 squares + additional domain |
Books available |
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Windoku |
Regular Sudoku with four additional domains appearing as 3x3 squares arranged so that it looks like a window. |
31 domain - 2 x 3x3 squares |
Books available |
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Jigsaw-doku |
Sudoku where the usual 3x3 domains are rearranged so that the the puzzle fits together like a jigsaw |
27 domain - irregular shapes |
Books available |
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Chain-doku |
Sudoku where the usual 3x3 domains are arranged in the form of 9-link pieces of chain so a domain, unlike in the Jigsaw-doku, can
cross over other domains |
27 domain - 9-link chains |
Books available |
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Quadrata |
Futoshiki-style puzzle but taking it further with letters. Size increases as the week goes on. Quadrata is the thinking person's
Futoshiki. |
Ranges from 4x4 with letters to 10x10 with numbers |
Books available |
Crossword-Sudoku Chimera... |
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Kakuro |
Clues are sums and each string of numbers cannot have more than one occurance of any particular number. |
Gets bigger as the week goes on. |
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Gogen Family... |
(25 letters to go on a 25-cell puzzle board. Clue letters are given and clue words have to be spelled out on adjacent cells, stepping in any direction) |
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Uber-Gogen |
like the normal, newspaper Gogen but not all of the clue letter are in the words |
9 letter clues, real words |
Books available |
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Ultra-Gogen |
Fewer clue letters but all of the letters are in the words |
9-2 letter clues, real words |
Books available |
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Hyper-Gogen |
Instead of real words, letter-strings are used. Some clue letters are not in the letter-strings. |
9-2 letter clues, letter strings |
Books available |
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Golden-Gogen |
Like the Hyper-Gogen - not all of the clue letters are in the letter-strings but the clue letters can be as few as the theoretical one and the layouts are designed by me, not a computer. |
9-1 letter clues, letter strings. Only available in books and on T-Shirts |
Books available |