Silent Killer
(Published on 19. March 2026, 18:26 by Killer Joe)
Hello.
Testers on Discord agreed that this puzzle has a difficulty of about 1.5 stars, with solve times averaging around 10 minutes. Of course, they are expert solvers, so your experience may vary. I decided to post it as a 1-star puzzle to encourage less experienced solvers to try something that may look too challenging at first glance. If the puzzle gets rated 2 stars that's absolutely fine.
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each cage has the same total sum.
Digits may not repeat within a cage.
Within any single 3×3 box, all cells of the same cage must share the same parity (all odd or all even).
If a cage crosses into another 3×3 box, its parity may change when crossing the border—but it doesn’t have to.
Have fun.
Solution code: Row 9, first 6 digits.
Comments
on 20. March 2026, 20:47 by dzamie
Pretty quick to figure out the shared sum, which left a nice coloring puzzle behind. 1.5 sounds accurate; I can't really decide which side to choose.
on 20. March 2026, 19:38 by CarnacTheMagnificent
Excellent puzzle! Once you know the sum of all cages, it becomes easy. Still took about 30 minutes as I have to write down the combinations for each cage. Thanks for the puzzle.
on 20. March 2026, 04:34 by VitP
almost gas, level 1
why ?
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for the rest, AVOID goodliffing, unless you know the actual cage fills.
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Thanks for your comment but I decided to delete most of it as it was too much of a spoiler. Easy as it is, the fun is still figuring it out yourself. Grts Jonesy.
on 20. March 2026, 02:55 by ongel
14 minutes on the dot for me! If I didn't waste time colouring might have been a bit better lol but I had lots of fun! Thank you :)
on 20. March 2026, 00:34 by sparkymanu
Well I'm 6 minutes short of being an expert, we're not there yet! D:
Very fun puzzle, thank you for sharing!
on 19. March 2026, 23:31 by superkinkel
Very nice one, but I‘d see it as an accessible two star rating. Solving it is not voodoo magic, but keeping track of possible combinations in the cages is quite a bit of work.
on 19. March 2026, 21:32 by Myfyr MJ
Very nice and easy.
on 19. March 2026, 20:52 by ofsmul
"... with solve times averaging around 10 minutes. Of course, they are expert solvers..."
12:59 for me, which makes sense - I'm no expert!
The "Each cage has the same total sum." rule is super important to the break-in. :)
Fun puzzle, thanks for posting!
