Going Round in Circles
(Published on 10. September 2025, 13:59 by phil_the)
This puzzle was set for one of Scojo's Setting Saturday Prompts where the randomly chosen constraints were german whispers and counting circles.
Play in SudokuPad
Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3x3 box
Adjacent digits along a green line must differ by 5 or more.
A digit in a red circle is equal to the number of red circles containing that digit.
Solution code: Digit in the top right cell
Comments
on 12. September 2025, 03:36 by VitP
interesting approach to resolve the multiple deadly patterns at the end
on 11. September 2025, 16:43 by Black_Doom
Some really cool steps here, the ending was super nice too
on 10. September 2025, 17:39 by Felis_Timon
One digit? These codes keep getting lazier
(phil) there is no way to beat the cheaters on this type of puzzle when there is an embedded solution, so why not make it easier for the honest solvers?
on 10. September 2025, 16:36 by Onkel_Dagobert
Boy this was hard for me. Excellent logic though, very satisfying in the end. The second step after the fairly easy break-in was also very clever I think.
on 10. September 2025, 16:00 by EmX68
Excellent puzzle!
on 10. September 2025, 14:34 by Megalobrainiac
Gotta send some love for the short solution code!
