Counting Carefully
(Published on 16. September 2025, 06:01 by Scojo)
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- Counting Circles: A digit in a circle indicates how many times that digit appears in a circle.
- German Whispers: Adjacent digits along a green line must differ by at least 5.
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Solution code: Row 1
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Comments
on 16. September 2025, 23:57 by Rockon101000
Quite a cool bit of logic in this one. Once you've wrapped your head around the structure of the puzzle, it flows excellently, with a lot of movement around the puzzle. Took me 28:38
on 16. September 2025, 23:21 by Exigus
Very nice construction, comes together like a charm. Thanks!
on 16. September 2025, 14:24 by Franjo
Perfect setting. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this lovely puzzle.
on 16. September 2025, 12:59 by Oddlyeven
Some great interactions between constraints here! Thanks!
on 16. September 2025, 08:08 by thrutch
Chef's kiss for this one. Brilliant combination of constraints.