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su·do·ku S0863950 (so͞o-dō′ko͞o)n. A puzzle in which a grid consisting of several regions is to be filled with numbers so that every row, column, and region contains only one instance of each number. The most common format is a grid of nine rows and columns that are divided into nine smaller regions of three rows and three columns into which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed.
[Japanese sūdoku, contraction of sū(ji wa) doku(shin ni kagiru), the numbers are limited to a single occurrence (the phrase under which sudokus appeared in a magazine which popularized them in Japan in the 1980s) : sū(ji), number + doku(shin), single.]sudoku (səˈdəʊkuː) n (Other Non-sporting Hobbies) a type of puzzle in which numbers must be arranged within a grid containing several internal squares so that no number is repeated in the same row, column, or internal square [C21: from Japanese su number + doku single]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sudoku - a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each numbermystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser - a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler" |
TranslationssudokuenUK
sudoku or su doku (so͞odō`ko͞o) [Jap.,=single number], a number puzzle consisting, in its classic form, of a square divided into nine squares, with each smaller square divided into nine boxes, thus forming an overall grid of 81 boxes. To solve the puzzle, a single number (from 1 to 9) must be entered in each blank box so that each number is used only once in each smaller square and only once in each row and column in the larger square. A number of the boxes are always filled in by the maker of the puzzle, providing both clues and limitations to where the solver may place numbers, and the degree of difficulty of the puzzle is determined by which numbers the puzzle maker chooses to reveal as clues. Variations include the use of larger or smaller squares than the 9-box-by-9-box classic grid, irregular divisions of the overall grid, and additional restrictions on the placement of the numbers. The modern origins of sudoku appear to lie with Dell Puzzle Magazines, which has published nine-square "Number Place" puzzles since the 1970s. Such puzzles are based on, but more complicated than, the Latin squares described by the 18th-century Swiss mathematician EulerEuler, Leonhard
, 1707–83, Swiss mathematician. Born and educated at Basel, where he knew the Bernoullis, he went to St. Petersburg (1727) at the invitation of Catherine I, becoming professor of mathematics there on the departure of Daniel Bernoulli (1733).
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1984 Nikoli publishers began publishing sudoku puzzles in Japan. Nikoli limited the number of boxes filled in as clues to less than 30, and required that the clues form a symmetrical pattern. In this form sudoku became popular in Japan and by 2005 common in the United States and other countries. SUDOKU
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| SUDOKU➣Suji Wa Dokushin Ni Kagiru (Japanese: the digits must remain single; a number puzzle) |
sudokuenUK
Words related to sudokunoun a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each numberRelated Words- mystifier
- puzzle
- puzzler
- teaser
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