Myopia Whisper Yin Yang
(Published on 8. August 2026, 01:00 by yttrio)
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Yin Yang: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected, and no 2x2 area is fully shaded or fully unshaded.
The shaded region acts as a German Whispers line: if two orthogonally connected cells are both shaded, then the digits in those cells must have a difference of at least 5.
Cells containing arrows indicate ALL of the orthogonal directions which tie for having a shaded cell appearing closest to the clued cell. Cells containing clues cannot be shaded.
A digit in a clued cell counts the combined total number of shaded cells in all directions indicated by the arrow(s) in that cell.
6x6 Example:
The image below shows a sample 6x6 puzzle and solution with the same rule set.
Note: For 6x6 Sudoku, adjacent digits on a German Whispers line must have a difference of at least 3 (instead of the usual 5)
Play the example 6x6 in SudokuPad.
Solution code: Digits in shaded cells in row 2 (left to right) followed by digits in shaded cells in row 6 (left to right)
Comments
yesterday, 19:41 by MaizeGator
Super interesting in the midgame. I made a (seemingly) tiny deduction that propelled the entire solve home.
on 8. August 2026, 23:01 by vukkarak
beautiful! For me a little harder than average.
on 8. August 2026, 17:39 by Christounet
Very cool how the high/lows get disambiguated here! Thanks :)
on 8. August 2026, 16:11 by Miatc
2* for me personally (probably in part due to familiarity with the various rulesets)
Wonderfully flowing puzzle
on 8. August 2026, 12:15 by wuc
Excellent setting congrats. From solve time 4* to me. But maybe I wasted some time not wanting this puzzle to end.
on 8. August 2026, 07:45 by Piatato
Wonderful construction, thanks!
on 8. August 2026, 05:21 by Chaossudokusplease
Awesome YY puzzle, very fun!
