Shh-nooker (K)Nights
(Published on 27. October 2025, 22:15 by olima)
Shh-nooker (K)Nights
Regeln:
⚪ Normal Sudoku rules apply.
⚪ German Whisper: Adjacent digits on a green line differ by at least 5.
⚪ Anti-Knight: Digits a Knight's move (in chess) apart must be different.
⚪ Quadruple: Digits in circles appear at least once in the four cells surrounding the circle.
⚪ Kropki Pairs: A white dot indicates consecutive digits and a black dot pairs of digits, where one is double the other. Not all dots are necessarily given.
Link: Sudoku-Pad
Solution code: All digits of the row starting with a 1.
Comments
on 29. October 2025, 13:31 by VitP
i claim this puzzle is level 2. here's why.
i think level 2 MUST mean "easy for experts, but non-experts can do it, with effort".
there IS a directed procedure to solve this, with a set of "obvious" steps, all of which will be found immediately, or after a bit of searching.
1) Use the quads to restrict cells. best result is in box 4, where 4 can be located.
2) locate ALL the 4s.
3) find restricted cells. there is only ONE: r2c7 = {17).
3a) track this around the grid.
4) look for somewhat restricted cells. there are several, but the one that matters is r1c3.
4a) it must be high.
4b) therefore the digit from step 3 is 1.
4c) track 1 around the grid.
5) track 7 around the grid.
The rest is basic sudoku, within the context of the variants in play.
on 29. October 2025, 12:57 by Mutiny
wow! very fun and challenging. It took me a bit and I thought I was going to be stuck a few times.
on 29. October 2025, 08:31 by Scorps
Maybe I missed something obvious, but getting through the break in took me well over an hour so at least 3* for me. I enjoyed it though, thanks for sharing.
on 29. October 2025, 01:19 by damo_89
Enough in that break in to justify a 3 star, the rest is clean and relatively easy.
on 28. October 2025, 09:40 by Snookerfan
Very nice puzzle, great theme! Based on my solve time 2 to 3 stars for difficulty. Some clever deductions needed for the actual break-in and some sneaky knight move logic to finish. Thank you
on 28. October 2025, 08:22 by snuuba
One star? you've got to be kidding...
Brilliant puzzle which put up a good fight until the very end, but definitely not a one star puzzle.
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olima: Thanks for your nice comment. I completely agree with you, but that’s the LMD system… I see it in the 2-3-star-difficulty range, but that’s just my personal view.
on 28. October 2025, 01:43 by VicJameson
Took me far too long, but I enjoyed every minute. Thanks.
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olima: You are welcome, glad you’ve enjoyed it.
on 27. October 2025, 23:58 by olima
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