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Variant Sudoku

15 puzzles

Sudoku puzzles featuring non-standard constraints and rulesets.

Puzzles (15)

Variant Sudoku

Border Thermos

Setter: Aad van de Wetering
Thermo Anti-King

Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits separated by a single king's move (in chess) cannot contain the same digit. Digits along a thermometer mus...

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German Mail

Setter: Cracking the Cryptic
German Whispers

Normal sudoku rules apply. Adjacent digits on a green line differ by at least 5.

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Hang In The Balance

Setter: James Kopp
Arrow German Whispers Kropki Dots Renban Lines

Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits on an arrow sum to the digit in the circle of that arrow. Each purple line contains a set of consecutive d...

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Kropki's Revenge

Setter: Metagloria
Kropki Dots

Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells separated by a black dot contain EITHER a pair of digits in a 2:1 ratio OR a pair of digits that are inelig...

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Magic Square Sudoku

Setter: Aad van de Wetering
Anti-Knight Magic Square Diagonal

Normal sudoku rules apply. In addition, both marked diagonals must contain the digits 1-9. Cells that are a knight's move apart (in chess) c...

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Manhattan

Setter: Kaktuslav
Region Sum Lines

Normal sudoku rules apply. Each blue line is divided by box borders into segments with equal sums. All lines are straight.

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Odd Mail

Setter: Cracking the Cryptic
Kropki Dots Odd Line Liar Clues

Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits on the grey line are odd. A white dot joins consecutive digits. On a black dot, one digit is double the ot...

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Oops! All Twins

Setter: Michael Lefkowitz
Schrödinger Cells Digits 1-8 Sums

FULL SCHRÖDINGER - Place two digits from 1-8 in every cell so that each digit appears exactly once in every row, column, and 2x2 box. The sm...

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Rainbow Arrows In Fog

Setter: Jigokuro
Arrow Fog of War

Normal Sudoku rules apply. Fog: The grid is covered in fog. Placing correct digits reveals clues in the surrounding 3x3 area. Arrows: Digits...

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Switching Circuit

Setter: Neil Armchair

Draw two lines: one connecting the cells marked “A” and one connecting the cells marked “B”. The lines can only move orthogonally. Each cell...

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The Miracle

Setter: Mitchell Lee
Anti-Consecutive Anti-Knight Anti-King

Normal sudoku rules apply. Any two cells separated by a knight's chess move or a king's move (in chess) cannot contain the same digit. Any t...

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Venice

Setter: Kaktuslav
Region Sum Lines

Normal sudoku rules apply. Box borders divide each blue line into segments with the same sum (this sum may be different for different lines)...

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Waterfall

Setter: Salidom
Kropki Dots Odd/Even

Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells connected by a white kropki dot contain consecutive digits. If two cells are connected by a black kropki do...