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Variant Sudoku
15 puzzlesSudoku puzzles featuring non-standard constraints and rulesets.
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Don't Leave me Hanging!
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Wordle in a Minute - 26th September 2026
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HOW Many Digits in a 4x4 Sudoku?
The Sudoku Review Of 2025: Venice. Vidi. Vici.
Revenge of the Dots
The Miracle Sudoku
A Sudoku With Only 4 Given Digits?!
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Puzzles (15)
Border Thermos
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits separated by a single king's move (in chess) cannot contain the same digit. Digits along a thermometer mus...
German Mail
Normal sudoku rules apply. Adjacent digits on a green line differ by at least 5.
Hang In The Balance
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...
Killer Sudoku No 5651 Deadly
Kropki's Revenge
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...
Magic Square Sudoku
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...
Manhattan
Normal sudoku rules apply. Each blue line is divided by box borders into segments with equal sums. All lines are straight.
Odd Mail
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...
Oops! All Twins
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...
Rainbow Arrows In Fog
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Fog: The grid is covered in fog. Placing correct digits reveals clues in the surrounding 3x3 area. Arrows: Digits...
Switching Circuit
Draw two lines: one connecting the cells marked “A” and one connecting the cells marked “B”. The lines can only move orthogonally. Each cell...
The Miracle
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...
Venice
Normal sudoku rules apply. Box borders divide each blue line into segments with the same sum (this sum may be different for different lines)...
Waterfall
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells connected by a white kropki dot contain consecutive digits. If two cells are connected by a black kropki do...
Wordle - September 26, 2026
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