Rank Up 20.phil - Cipher
(Published on 16. October 2025, 16:06 by phil_the)
My first attempt at a proper Full Rank puzzle.
(for The Pedalling Pianist's Rank Up series)click to play in sudokuPad
Within the main 5x5 grid each row and column must contain each of the digits 1-5.
Each row forms two 5-digit numbers, one reading from left to right, the other from right to left. Similarly each column forms two 5-digit numbers from top to bottom and bottom to top. These numbers when sorted into ascending order each have a rank from 1-20 with 1 being the smallest and 20 the largest. There are no tied ranks.
Outside the grid the surrounding cells have a value equal to the rank of that row or column when read from that side.
Some cells have their value given at the top either directly or as a sum of two numbers. Some of these numbers have been replaced with letters. Each letter represents the same value wherever it appears. Each letter represents a different digit from 1-5.
Solution code: KNPRU
Comments
on 17. October 2025, 11:35 by Snookerfan
Fun puzzle, thank you!
on 16. October 2025, 19:59 by CitrusGremlin
Lovely little puzzle.
on 16. October 2025, 19:47 by Franjo
Nice and easy: 1* for sure. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this lovely little puzzle.
