XV*-O-*X
(Published on 6. June 2025, 07:43 by NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Cells connected by an X must sum to 10.
Cells connected by an V must sum to 5.
All X's and V's are given.
Cells connected by a white dot must be consecutive.
Digits in a cage can not be orthogonally adjacent with a consecutive digit.
Each line must be given 1 bulb at one of the line-ends. (for the lines with no ends you have to find the bulb and direction of the line)
Two lines of the same length and same color are connected X lines.
Counting from the bulb, the first cell of each connected X line sum to 10. the second cell of each line sum to 10 etc.
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Example
Solution code: give the digits of column 1 (top to bottom)
Comments
on 19. June 2025, 02:47 by shteev
Fairly positive I didn't find the intended solution path as mine was rather convoluted! I had fun tho ^_^
on 7. June 2025, 00:44 by krytolandros
Another great puzzle!
on 6. June 2025, 20:22 by Exigus
Hard but still a nice flow. Thanks!
on 6. June 2025, 16:32 by AnebodaSlatorp
Wow! Another great Nurgle puzzle.
on 6. June 2025, 14:58 by NurglesGift
Yes. My bad, should be fixed now
on 6. June 2025, 14:57 by NurglesGift
added rule
on 6. June 2025, 14:44 by waltzoftheflowers
The puzzle has 2 unique solutions. I think there might be a cage missing?
on 6. June 2025, 14:43 by PierreTombal
Deadly pattern at the end? I expected the negative XV constraint to resolve that, but it didn't. Rules in sudokupad list an additional constraint acting on cages, which could resolve this but there is no cage drawn in the grid.
on 6. June 2025, 11:01 by AnebodaSlatorp
Wow! Another great Nurgle puzzle.
