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Can't of Worms

(Published on 2. August 2026, 13:45 by ThePedallingPianist)

This is my response to Scojo's setting prompt this week, for which juggler and Marty Sears drew Look-and-say and Palindromes live at the Manchester SudokuCon 2026. I believe Scojo and I ended up with very similar ideas for this prompt but I can assure you we arrived at them separately!

I didn't expect to be able to attend SudokuCon until a few days ago, so I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to meet some amazing people and have a wonderful time. That said, all the talk about making puzzles more approachable and accessible to all seems to have infected me, as this is my second consecutive 1-star difficulty puzzle, so I must put that right soon.

SUDOKU: Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.

PALINDROMES: For each coloured line, the digits must read the same in both directions. The centre of each line is marked with a circle.

LOOK AND SAY CAGES: Reading left to right, the digits XY in a cage indicate that there are X copies of Y on the associated palindrome (the palindrome with the same colour, and whose central circle is in that cage). For example, a cage containing 35 indicates that the associated palindrome includes three 5s.

Solution code: Digits in the cells containing no lines, in Western reading order

Last changed on on 3. September 2026, 23:55

Solved by shifman23, ACK, michael_787, Xanda, TeddieMilo, Hyoryn, lsw770770, zonny, unlogical, emoney1374, macintux, jalebc, EmberShovel, benvegmond, gdc, jgarber, buzzard, raaaaa, anothermember, Hugo-Bob, ... strangelyinsane, TheGreyBrewer, Titatovenoor, Triggz_09, dalthor1974, Niveous, Blei42, Rethgaul, HKtrying2, flyjim, mogest, appletrapezoid, Baconator, Winterbeard, KrainX, davidgcunning
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Comments

on 9. August 2026, 13:33 by AwkwardAward
Very fun and easy! Love the squigliness of the lines, although it did make it a bit harder to keep track

on 9. August 2026, 02:15 by claire93
This was lovely :-) I enjoyed the squiggliness of the lines, it made me feel like I was a kid again, playing games on the back of my cereal! I haven't played a Look-and-See before either, so I appreciated the gentle introduction!

on 4. August 2026, 10:04 by Snaques
This was a nice puzzle, but these "messy" lines are quite hard to keep track of.

on 2. August 2026, 19:16 by SanFranSam
That was fun! I could give a true 1* (^o^)

on 2. August 2026, 18:45 by amirs
Very cute!

on 2. August 2026, 15:17 by macintux
That was very fun. Please feel free to keep allowing the accessibility virus to infect your work!

on 2. August 2026, 14:18 by ACK
Loved this, a great colouring puzzle.

Difficulty:1
Rating:95 %
Solved:213 times
Observed:2 times
ID:000TPK

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