Look At What You're Saying
(Published on 9. April 2025, 10:04 by PhoenixAki)
This puzzle is part of my snackdoku series. Snackdokus are sudoku puzzles that are generally smaller (4x4 grid) and simpler to solve. If you are an experienced solver, you will likely be done in hardly 30 seconds to 1 minute. Good practice even if you are newer to the hobby!
- Normal 4x4 sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-4 in each row, column, and 2x2 box without repetition.
- Look and Say Cages: Digits in dotted-line cages specify how often a specific digit inside it appears. The tens digit is how many times, and the ones digit is which number. For example, a cage labelled with 23 means there are 2 3's in the cage.
- Consecutive Pairs: Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive.
To increase accessibility to my puzzles, I include hints in my puzzle posts (see below). I also post solution videos on my Patreon and YouTube channel. Puzzles released prior to February 2026, as well as my snackdoku and variant sudoku 101 series will continue to get public solution videos on YouTube, while others will be Patreon-exclusive.
Hint: There's only 1 way to distribute the numbers in each cage, given there has to be 3 of them in each and you can't repeat digits in boxes because of normal sudoku rules. The rest of the puzzle should fill itself in once that is done.
Solution code: Row 3's digits from left to right (4 digits)
Comments
today, 06:55 by PhoenixAki
"Solving Hints" tag was missing.
on 28. January 2026, 01:24 by PhoenixAki
Added links to Patreon.
on 13. January 2026, 03:53 by bittchill
00:00:19, the first puzzle to solve less than 20 seconds.
on 12. January 2026, 02:23 by PhoenixAki
Added hints after learning recently how to do that in HTML. Wish I knew this last week when I went over all my posts...oh well.
on 8. January 2026, 16:49 by DMF
the whole process including entering the solution code took less 30 seconds on the clock! very fun little mood fixer upper :3
on 5. January 2026, 07:04 by PhoenixAki
Updated post as part of an effort to improve consistency of rule phrasing and post layout across all my puzzles.
on 5. December 2025, 04:49 by Slumpy
25 seconds! Fun puzzle
on 14. November 2025, 16:25 by BronzePhosphor
I loved the break-in. Thanks for the puzzle!
on 27. August 2025, 02:00 by SanFranSam
easy peasy 42 seconds
on 17. August 2025, 23:52 by dan.yev
Very nice snack! 22s, hopped about nicely, thanks!
on 29. July 2025, 10:54 by h5663454
8s.
on 27. July 2025, 15:30 by NumberCruncher
1:06
Couldn‘t decide what was slower - brain or fingers, sometimes got in each other‘s way… loved it!
on 19. July 2025, 13:14 by Myfyr MJ
27 seconds.
on 12. July 2025, 21:19 by looseygoosey
38 seconds ! loved it
on 12. July 2025, 00:19 by LJ Jamie
15 seconds (fire emoji)
on 30. June 2025, 23:02 by NotSoMagnifique
A great primer for Look and See!
on 28. June 2025, 05:05 by JaesonD2
00:01:47
on 31. May 2025, 20:31 by MattMelo7610
3 minss
on 27. May 2025, 12:10 by RoystonDA
Got myself a nice 33 second solve
on 4. May 2025, 17:22 by ACK
Nice little puzzle 27 seconds for me.
on 28. April 2025, 12:22 by KingIsulgard
19s :)
on 26. April 2025, 02:53 by psiphiorg
Got it in 11 seconds! (But I had a moment to think about it before loading the puzzle, so maybe it should count as a bit longer.)
on 10. April 2025, 02:54 by CanadianLeviathan
15 seconds! A record?? Probably not. But fun!
