Sssss
(Published on 19. September 2026, 22:32 by StrandofIvy)
Sssss
Normal Sudoku: Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column, and 3×3 box without repeats.
Palindrome Lines: Digits along a grey line read the same forwards and backwards.
German Whispers: Adjacent digits along a green line must differ by at least 5.
V and X Clues: A V between two adjacent cells means their digits sum to 5. An X means their digits sum to 10.
ALL possible V clues are given. Not all possible X clues are necessarily given.
Puzzle:
Solution code: Please enter row 2
Comments
on 22. September 2026, 17:53 by meowme
I accidentally solved it without the negative V constraint; it seems to work still! (That would be ~3.5 star difficulty I think)
on 22. September 2026, 07:53 by rswarbrick
I absolutely loved this puzzle. I was properly surprised when things finally resolved. Lots and lots of colouring needed...
on 22. September 2026, 07:29 by Decapod
Very nice, and I managed it, but at 71 minutes to solve, I don't think it was 2 stars.
on 22. September 2026, 07:00 by Montikulum
Excellent setting, *** for me. You need to think a bit beyond the "usual" colouring tricks to get this done.
on 21. September 2026, 16:17 by Onkel_Dagobert
Great puzzle. *** difficulty for me. Colouring was rather approachable, but deducting the digits was quite challenging.
on 21. September 2026, 09:52 by BigHead
Great puzzle, thank you!
on 20. September 2026, 23:26 by baku
The nostalgic symbol from the teen years, I used to drawn it everywhere hehehe. Thanks for sharing!
on 20. September 2026, 20:01 by Martina
@xocolatl Thank you, but I got the negative constraint.
on 20. September 2026, 19:15 by xocolatl
Martina, did you forget the negative V constraint? I did for a while.
on 20. September 2026, 18:27 by Martina
There ist something I am not seeing. I have used every coloring trick in the book and it is not breaking.
on 20. September 2026, 16:02 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing this beautiful coloring exercise.
on 20. September 2026, 14:37 by rojspencer
That was fun.
on 20. September 2026, 14:33 by YoBuggered
I found this to be fantastic. Gives you what you need as you need it but you only need it when you've exhausted the grid. 10/10
