It is chaos, or is it?
(Published on 1. April 2026, 00:00 by 72kchunshuai)
Today is the perfect day to share my weirdest ideas, I think.
Rules:
- Chaos Construction: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Place the digits 1-6 once each in every row, column, and region.
- Circles: A digit in a circle indicates exactly how many circles contain that digit. Additionally, it indicates how many of the up to nine cells in its 3×3 neighborhood (including itself) belong to the same region as the circle.
- Squares: A digit in a square indicates how many of the up to eight neighboring cells (excluding itself) are in a different region from the square. Not all possible squares are given.
- Numbered rooms: Clues outside the grid indicate the digit which has to be placed in the Nth cell in the corresponding direction, where N is the digit placed in the first cell in that direction. Furthermore, the first N cells must all be in the same region, and the (N+1)-th cell (if it exists) must be in a different region.
Solution code: Digits in column 5 from top to bottom with (-) in between for region borders.
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Comments
Last changed on 2. April 2026, 23:13
on 2. April 2026, 23:12 by kingoffries
This one was five stars for me... Until I remembered that circles indicate how many digits are in circles!
So I guess it was a self-April-Fool's for me! Thanks for the funny puzzle!
on 1. April 2026, 22:10 by SudokuFan
this is only 1* if you assume the region layout
on 1. April 2026, 08:34 by abadx
Nice and easy CC. Thanks for setting
on 1. April 2026, 01:55 by Neonesque
What a great punchline!
