Easy sHading
(Published on 2. December 2025, 22:34 by galium_odoratum)
A very easy introduction to this specific shading rule set. This puzzle was designed to illustrate some of the basic implications of this constraint.
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Nonconsecutive: Orthogonally adjacent digits cannot be consecutive.
Shading: Cells containing values exactly one greater than an immediate neighbour (diagonally or orthogonally) within their box are shaded. All the shaded cells are given. For example a valid box can look like this (note that only the digits inside the box are relevant for the shading):
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Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Nonconsecutive: Orthogonally adjacent digits cannot be consecutive.
Shading: Cells containing values exactly one greater than an immediate neighbour (diagonally or orthogonally) within their box are shaded. All the shaded cells are given. For example a valid box can look like this (note that only the digits inside the box are relevant for the shading):
Play on SudokuPad
Solution code: Row 9.
Solved by Majesteit, sparkymanu, marcmees, SKORP17, cmigas, Dermerlin, johnreid, superkinkel, Hyoryn, flaemmchen, Photyne, Tritium, josemadre, Pairot, root_vegetable, TaeChi, gdc, Deivi55, Avron, Aronana, jgarber, zrbakhtiar, Crul, NEWS, jhuijts, drf93, ManuH, Gizmo, annaeinachin, JVA, stafen, Counterfeitly, KelleyCook, marajade, RadchenkoAleksandr
Comments
on 26. December 2025, 15:31 by JVA
Solution checker is acting as if there's a king's move restriction
on 21. December 2025, 15:54 by annaeinachin
I really enjoyed this beginner friendly puzzle. Thank you!
on 5. December 2025, 13:16 by Aronana
This was Awesome
