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SUDOKU. Play the USA TODAY Sudoku Game.. JUMBLE. Jumbles: GLOAT BOSSY WICKER CHATTY. Answer: After the fire at the bread factory, — IT WAS TOAST (Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)
A typical Sudoku puzzle. A standard Sudoku contains 81 cells, in a 9×9 grid, and has 9 boxes, each box being the intersection of the first, middle, or last 3 rows, and the first, middle, or last 3 columns. Each cell may contain a number from one to nine, and each number can only occur once in each row, column, and box.
The general problem of solving Sudoku puzzles on n 2 ×n 2 grids of n×n blocks is known to be NP-complete. [8] A puzzle can be expressed as a graph coloring problem. [9] The aim is to construct a 9-coloring of a particular graph, given a partial 9-coloring. The Sudoku graph has 81 vertices, one vertex for each cell.
SUDOKU. Play the USA TODAY Sudoku Game.. JUMBLE. Jumbles: VINYL GULCH RADISH OPAQUE. Answer: The pharaoh commissioned an artist to decorate his tomb. The result was — “HIRE-O-GLYPHICS”
The general problem of solving Sudoku puzzles on n 2 ×n 2 grids of n×n blocks is known to be NP-complete. [26] Many Sudoku solving algorithms , such as brute force -backtracking and dancing links can solve most 9×9 puzzles efficiently, but combinatorial explosion occurs as n increases, creating practical limits to the properties of Sudokus ...
The game is primarily controlled using the Nintendo DS' d-pad. [2] The game's puzzles are randomly-generated and are divided into 4 different difficulty levels: simple, easy, medium, and hard. The game allows players to write down notes and possible solutions and has an optional "auto-solve" feature, which will automatically solve a puzzle. [4]
Example of a Killer Sudoku problem Solution to the example above The same example problem, as it would be printed in black and white. Killer sudoku (also killer su doku, sumdoku, sum doku, sumoku, addoku, or samunanpure サムナンプレ sum-num(ber) pla(ce)) is a puzzle that combines elements of sudoku and kakuro.
SUDOKU. Play the USA TODAY Sudoku Game.. JUMBLE. Jumbles: FORTY HUTCH HAGGLE CHILLY. Answer: He’d planned to cut the tree so it ended up away from the house, but his plans — FELL THROUGH