Halloween Sudoku
(Published on 22. October 2025, 17:29 by rysmyth240)
Draw a path through the cemetery from the ghost to the pumpkin that moves only orthogonally and doesn't touch itself, even diagonally. Burial plots (non-overlapping 1x4 ‘I’ tetrominoes) are placed around the cemetery. Each burial plot has a headstone at one end. The path may not enter any cell that is part of a burial plot.
The ghost must enter each box 1 time.
Each headstone contains the number of path cells in the surrounding cells (orthogonal and diagonal).
The given vampire is part of a burial plot.
XV - Cells separated by an X sum to 10. Cells separated by a V sum to 5. Not all Xs and Vs are necessarily given.
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Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 31. October 2025, 14:32 by rysmyth240
yes...each headstone must be part of a burial plot.
on 30. October 2025, 12:40 by Khatru
I might very well be missing something, but the puzzle doesn't seem solvable to me the way the rules are written. Are we to assume there must be a burial plot for every headstone?
on 23. October 2025, 10:38 by Snookerfan
Very nice, thank you!
on 23. October 2025, 06:51 by Playmaker6174
Fun spooky puzzle idea and a sweet solve, thanks!
I found it a bit harder than casual 2/5 diff but I always enjoy when people put out fun thematic ideas like this :)
on 23. October 2025, 02:31 by Chefofdeath
Really cool puzzle! Thank you for sharing :)
on 23. October 2025, 00:00 by dzamie
That was a lot of fun! Wound up with a nice orange path wandering around some grey plots.
on 22. October 2025, 18:41 by Fra314
Spoopy! Great puzzle!
on 22. October 2025, 18:32 by Fizz
That was a really cool and fun puzzle, thanks!
