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Sudoku, n.
Brit. |suːˈdɒkuː|, |suːˈdəʊkuː|, |ˈsuːdɒkuː|, U.S. |səˈdoʊˌku|
Forms: 20– Sodoku[irreg.], 20– Sudoku, 20– Su doku; Also with lower-case initial.
[‹ Japanese Sūdoku (1984 or earlier) ‹ sū- (in sūji number) + -doku (in dokushin single status), after Sūji wa dokushin ni kagiru, lit. ‘the numbers are restricted to single status’, former name of the puzzle.
Compare Number Place, name of a puzzle created in the U.S.A. by Howard Garns in 1979 (on which is modelled Japanese Nanbā purēsu, shortened to Nanpure, the generic name of the puzzle in Japan).]
A type of logic puzzle, the object of which is to fill a grid of nine squares by nine squares (subdivided into nine regions of three by three squares) with the numbers one to nine, in such a way that every number appears only once in each horizontal line, vertical line, and three-by-three subdivision. Also: any of various similar puzzles based on this, involving grids of different sizes, symbols rather than numbers, etc.
Some numbers (or symbols, etc.) are supplied at the start of the puzzle as a guide; the number and location of these dictates the difficulty of completing the puzzle.
2000New Pilot Files (2 of 6) in braunschweig.newfiles (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Sept. Sudoku Number Place 0.2—Freeware Sudoku Number Place is a number puzzle that is simple yet entertaining. 2004Times (Nexis) 12 Nov. (Features section) 15 The new numerical brain-teaser highlighted in T2, the game of Su Doku, is not just a sign of the intellectual Times. 2005Daily Tel. 23 June 26/1 While the rules of this logic puzzle may be simple there are numerous strategies to help you solve sudoku. 2006Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 7 May 1 e He's just driving, the car's visor snapped down against the yellow-orange of the setting sun, his wife working a Sudoku puzzle. |
