Rose Puzzle 5 (The Apple Tree)
(Published on 13. September 2025, 12:26 by RailMan)
This is the 5th puzzle designed by my 8yo daughter Rose. It was inspired by an Apple Tree. We hope you enjoy it. Kind words for a young setter are always appreciated.
Normal sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 - 6 once in every row, column and box.
Colored lines are parity lines. Adjacent digits on a line must alternate between odd and even.
Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive
For clarity, R5C4 is a 1
Solve Online : Solution Check is enabled
Solution code: Row 6
Comments
on 9. November 2025, 12:20 by gladius
Seems like we have a prodigy here <3.
on 8. November 2025, 22:43 by kothe
Cute! :)
on 7. November 2025, 02:58 by illandres
I had a great time solving this, and I loved sharing it with my partner who is very new to solving and can be intimidated by harder puzzles, thank you for this elegant, approachable puzzle!!
on 28. October 2025, 01:18 by Jacoba
Wow, what a cool puzzle! Liked it a lot.
on 27. October 2025, 19:19 by yeenaw
This was so nice, great job Rose!
on 11. October 2025, 17:04 by Viking
Thank you, Rose, for the wonderful series of puzzles. Keep up the great work! I’m looking forward to the sixth sudoku in this series.
on 10. October 2025, 23:23 by bryony
This was great !! Making puzzles is so fun. Eagerly awaiting the horse :)
on 29. September 2025, 11:03 by Slumped_5
A great hobby to build for an 8yo, RailMan! I hope she keeps creating such lovely puzzles. Looking forward to the horse puzzle!
on 20. September 2025, 11:34 by Frankster
Lovely puzzle. Looking forward to the next one!
on 20. September 2025, 03:50 by CortexVortex
Well done, make sure to let her know where the
"three in the corner" comes from!
on 20. September 2025, 00:11 by jbermejo
I am genuinely impressed by the creativity and beauty of these puzzles. Kudos!
on 19. September 2025, 14:39 by raticyclone
Thanks Rose! I've never gotten the hang of setting so I'm very impressed with how you've combined the kropki dots and the parity lines to create some interesting logic while keeping to the apple tree theme. I liked that it was on the easier side, it's a nice quick puzzle that still makes you think :) Keep the good work going.
on 16. September 2025, 20:54 by Dacmon
It is a lovely puzzle, quite engaging with the parity at play. Really liked the design, although I was a bit confused with the top line curving at rows 1 and 2 in the middle. Great work by your daughter, hope she continues to design puzzles!
on 15. September 2025, 22:01 by cdeelman
Thank, you that was a fun, easy, beautiful solve. I'm looking for to see more of your puzzles - keep that up, you have a talent there!
on 15. September 2025, 17:32 by lmtyy
That's great.
on 14. September 2025, 20:26 by rojspencer
Fun puzzle. Looking forward to the her next challenge.
on 14. September 2025, 15:18 by RailMan
Thank you to everyone for solving the puzzle. I know my daughters puzzles are easy - she is only 8 and she designs them by herself. I also check that she can solve them herself before I publish them.
We read all the comments together (and this time also watched FillTheGridSudoku solve it on YouTube) and it makes her very happy and motivated to make her next puzzle. She tells me the next one will be a horse.
So thank you again for taking a few minutes out of your day to encourage her passion for puzzles.
on 14. September 2025, 14:03 by orlymuir
Well done Rose! I love how the Kropki dots act as apples on the tree :)
on 14. September 2025, 02:26 by johnreid
Wow! Very nice puzzle!
on 14. September 2025, 01:28 by Fisherman
More relaxing than tv. The easiest is probably a puzzle called Test published a year ago.
on 14. September 2025, 00:00 by FillTheGridSudoku
Fun puzzle Rose! Great use of the Kropki dots. I recorded my solve and will post it to my YT channel later today :-)
on 13. September 2025, 23:52 by sfield
Love the style and personal touch. Your puzzles are quick and easy, but unlike most quick and easy puzzles, they aren't trivial and they pack in some interesting solve paths. Very nice work.
on 13. September 2025, 23:10 by Titatovenoor
this was very fun, and very well colored! thank you so much rose! greetings from the netherlands
on 13. September 2025, 21:26 by Snaques
Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but this is by far the easiest puzzle I've done over here.
on 13. September 2025, 19:31 by Demparo
Just had to do this one. Really nice looking puzzle. And such a joy to solve as well! Keep up the good work with setting puzzles!
on 13. September 2025, 16:14 by ccotreau
Very cute puzzle Rose, keep up the good work
on 13. September 2025, 15:49 by nunc
Lovely. Thanks, Rose, keep going! <3
on 13. September 2025, 15:22 by Eresus
A lovely puzzle, thanks Rose
on 13. September 2025, 13:09 by Snuggles
The combination of parity lines and white kropki dots is very clever
