GW-Bahn (German Whisper U-bahn)
(Eingestellt am 27. September 2025, 00:00 Uhr von cyddrdrd)
Here is another hybrid of Sudoku and U-bahn. This time I use German Whispers as the interaction rule. The difficulty is expected to be around 4 ~ 5. Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you
Christounet,
CutieRainbow and
Agent for testing and suggestions!
Rules
- Sudoku: Fill the right grid with digits 1-9, so that no digit repeats in the same row, column, or 3×3 box.
- U-Bahn: Draw a totally connected network through the centers of some cells in the right grid. The network may branch or turn, but may not have any dead ends. Given lines must NOT be a part of the network, i.e., there is no U-Bahn line between r7c5-r7c6, nor between r9c2-r9c3.
Clues in the left grid indicate how many times the corresponding line shape (cross, branch, straight line, or turn) appears in that row in the right grid, regardless of rotation.
- German Whisper (GW): Adjacent digits on a GW line must have a difference of at least 5. ALL lines are GW lines (including given lines and the U-Bahn network).

Penpa+
SudokuPad
Lösungscode: For each row except the last, from top to bottom, the number of lines leading down from that row; followed by row 9. (17 digits in total)
Zuletzt geändert am 29. September 2025, 09:44 Uhr
Gelöst von Christounet, Agent, CutieRainbow, tuturitu, Bellsita, itweb, SPring, NEWS, jkuo7, maddie, Piatato
Kommentare
Heute, 12:20 Uhr von Piatato
Great fun, thanks!
am 29. September 2025, 09:44 Uhr von cyddrdrd
Rules clarification
Zuletzt geändert am 29. September 2025, 09:39 Uhram 29. September 2025, 04:38 Uhr von Bellsita
Nice puzzle!
I got a little confused with this part of the rules: "Given lines must NOT be a part of the network". I thought the network couldn't go on the cells with lines but it can.
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rdrd: Thank you! I’ll clarify the rules.
Zuletzt geändert am 28. September 2025, 09:07 Uhram 28. September 2025, 03:14 Uhr von MaizeGator
In your previous puzzle there was a modulo thing that corresponded to digits. Does that rule still apply here?
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rdrd: No it doesn’t. Only German Whispers here.
am 27. September 2025, 00:56 Uhr von Agent
Great fun, some clever moments throughout!
am 27. September 2025, 00:31 Uhr von Christounet
Great fun! Very satisfying resolution too. Thanks :)