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Region Whisper Line

(Published on 21. December 2025, 01:12 by SennyK)

Region Whisper Line

Today we have puzzle created for Scojo's prompt, as redeemed by isamook, to create a puzzle with a single grid and multiple solutions :-)
I estimate difficulty to be 3*, however I have decided to post it as 2* according to testers' feedback.
I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Region whisper: Choose whether you want turquoise line to be a German whisper line or a region sum line:

German whisper: Neighbouring digits along a line have a difference of at least 5.

Region sum: Box borders divide a line into segments which have the same sum.

Remaining constraints are standard:

Antiking: Identical digits cannot appear in cells a chess king’s move apart.

Little killer: A clue outside the grid gives the sum of the digits along the indicated diagonal.

Diagonal: Digits along the marked blue diagonals must not repeat.

Renban: Digits along a purple line form a set of non-repeating consecutive digits in any order.

Thermometer: Digits along a gray thermometer increase from bulb to tip.

Quadruples: Digits in a circle must appear within the four surrounding cells.

Killer: Digits in a cage sum to the total given.

Black kropki dots: Digits in cells joined by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio (i.e., one digit will be double the other). Not all dots are given.

X: Digits in cells joined by an X sum to 10. Not all Xs are given.

Maximum: Digit in a cell with a greater-than sign pointing inwards is greater than all digits in orthogonally adjacent cells.

Minimum: Digit in a cell with a less-than sign pointing inwards is smaller than all digits in orthogonally adjacent cells.

Choose how you want to solve:
Both without solution check: SudokuPad Link
German Whisper with solution check: SudokuPad Link
Region Sum with solution check: SudokuPad Link

If you liked this puzzle, I recommend trying out my other puzzles:

The Erica Series:
☆☆☆☆: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 17, 23, 26, 27
★★☆☆☆: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25
★★★☆☆: 9, 19, 21, 22, 28

Shading/Ying-Yang:
★★☆☆☆: Pretty Odd Shaded Area
★★★☆☆: (+5)-Yang, Negative 8 YY
★★★★★: Why-Why?

Fog of War:
☆☆☆☆: Erica 12, Erica 17
★★☆☆☆: It's What You Do in the Dark That Puts You in the Light, Find It All, What the Fog?, Erica 20
★★★☆☆: Broken Flashlight in the Dark

Pencil Puzzle/Sudoku Hybrid:
★★☆☆☆: Masyu (Short) Sudoku
★★★☆☆: Tetromino Sudoku

Various Puzzles:
☆☆☆☆: Blown Fuses in Electrical Installation, Let Me Introduce Myself, French Wrench
★★☆☆☆: Symmetrical Fan, Night Club, Important Hour on the Clock, What Was the Sum Again?, Disgroup Joints, 10-Arrows, Antiking Dutch Skyscrapers, (Not so) Little Killers
★★★☆☆: Cops & Robbers, Positive Symmetry, Doppelgänger Killer 1-25
★★★★: Liars. Liars Everywhere.

Solution code: Ninth (9th) column of the grid from top to bottom of German Whisper version followed by ninth (9th) column of the grid from top to bottom of Region Sum version (18 digits total).


Solved by drmegadude, maniacaljackal, Mystery, SecondBlue, jalebc, pepe74287, SKORP17, Nagesh, Scojo, Debba, jordanza, Postnormal, illegel, PinkNickels, AN_not_IO, xiaozhu, DiMono, thomamas, SamWHE, claymategirl, supersim2000, Crul, Hiyou167, gdc, Exigus, jguer, BorisTheSnake, ole-1995a, RJQ297, chinesemaster
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Comments

on 23. December 2025, 06:29 by VitP
the rs version is definitely level 2.
so is the gw version ...
but here you have to find how the 1s force the 14 cage, and good luck with that.

on 22. December 2025, 02:53 by PinkNickels
Surprisingly, I found the RSL version to be easier. But that may just be because I did the GW first. Fun one!

on 21. December 2025, 09:11 by SecondBlue
So nice I solved it twice. 3 stars for me.

Difficulty:3
Rating:93 %
Solved:30 times
Observed:1 times
ID:000QN5

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