Accounting Circles Tessellation
(Published on 20. October 2025, 16:03 by ChinStrap)
A constraint I made up that doesn't make sense in normal sudoku contexts but does in Tessellation puzzles. Thanks to all the testers!
Rules:
TESSELLATION:
- Fill each cell with a digit from 1-9.
- Cells sharing an edge can't have the same digit.
- Each horizontal row and vertical column contains a non-repeating consecutive set of digits (like 23456) in any order.
- The blue circles and red squares combined form a complete set of digits 1-9.
- A digit in a blue circle indicates how many of that digit appear in the entire puzzle.
- A digit in a red square indicates that digit does NOT appear exactly that many times in the puzzle.
- For example, if there were four 4s and six 5s in the grid, 4 would go into a circle and 5 into a square.
All feedback (positive or critical) appreciated!
Solution code: Row 5, left to right (9 digits)
Comments
on 22. October 2025, 21:01 by ralphwaldo1
Really well-placed clues. Great discovery!
on 22. October 2025, 13:08 by Franjo
Interesting twist on counting! Thank you very much for creating and sharing this beautiful puzzle.
on 22. October 2025, 07:19 by Exigus
Great idea and a lovely puzzle. Thanks!
on 21. October 2025, 07:54 by MSDOS
Wonderful new ideas here, great work!
on 21. October 2025, 04:13 by juggler
Extremely cool idea, and really well executed.
on 20. October 2025, 16:36 by sujoyku
Very nice puzzle! I loved how the counting interacted with the Tessellation restrictions. Thank you for this fun construction, ChinStrap!
on 20. October 2025, 16:08 by marty_sears
A beautiful construction which utilises counting logic in a really interesting way.
