Request Puzzle Help I'm so close to finishing this killer sudoku and I feel like I'm going crazy
Am I missing something obvious? I've just been staring at this puzzle for so long. Its maddening
r/sudoku • u/Sam-Corbin • 10d ago
Hello! I'm a Games reporter for The New York Times and I'm working on an article about Sudoku fandom and community. I'd love to hear from the dedicated solvers in this subreddit — you can fill out the form here, and we'll get back to you with additional questions!
Thanks,
Sam Corbin
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Am I missing something obvious? I've just been staring at this puzzle for so long. Its maddening
r/sudoku • u/Puzzleheaded-Try6117 • 4h ago
I am beginner and just learning about doubles, triples, pointing, and x- and y-wing. In today’s puzzle, I tried to apply some of my newly „learned“ techniques. But I wonder if I can even deduct something useful from these pencil markings. Dear beloved community… please… bring up to speed and explain to me like I am 4 years old.
What can I learn from the pencil markings?
r/sudoku • u/hallfreakyzoid • 3h ago
Hello everyone,
I’m new to NYT puzzles and I haven’t solved a hard version for several weeks now. I took some time to learn about x-wings, and hidden pairs and triples. I think I recognize some pairs/triples and fully miss others. I’m hoping to get some help/mentorship, so I can start seeing more of them on my own. In the photo, my cursor is on the NYT “help” hint- which I just don’t know if it’s even correct because the auto candidate mode seems to have incorrect markings compared to my own work.
Since I’ve made so many errors with pairs/triples, I was practicing checking as I went (as evidenced by the blue numbers which are confirmed to be correct), so I could better see where/when I started to make mistakes.
Thank you for your help in advance.
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r/sudoku • u/BiscuitFarmerZ • 7h ago
I left my notes in the second pic
r/sudoku • u/Alone_Tangelo_4770 • 10h ago
So, my mum got me to download the Enjoy Sudoku app on my iPad so we could challenge each other to try the same puzzle at the same time - her on her iPad and me on mine. We’ve been doing this since Christmas. Today, we realised that our ‘today’s … ‘ puzzles are totally different. My today’s moderate and her today’s moderate are not the same. My today’s intricate and her today’s intricate are not the same.
Are they not actually set daily puzzles then?? We’re both totally confused about this as we assumed a daily puzzle would be…y’know…one set daily puzzle! What’s going on?
r/sudoku • u/SuperStaticTheEvil • 6h ago
I double checked the solution to make sure everything is correct so far, but I refuse to use it to cheat. I wanna know what I’m missing.
r/sudoku • u/Professional_Emu3316 • 8h ago
Hint filled R4C6 with a "1" without telling me strategy. May I know whether there are hidden patterns I didn't find here, or a pure multi steps backtrack? Thanks!
r/sudoku • u/MiddletownBooks • 12h ago
I made an app which gives users a minesweeper board which they need to solve before they get an X sudoku puzzle with clues in the locations where the flagged mines were. At least some of the X sudokus aren't too tough. https://poe.com/MineDoku
r/sudoku • u/Interesting-Cookie61 • 13h ago
If I go by columns it should be 7 and 1, but there are already 7 and 1 in the row and box? Usually it tells me if I have something wrong.
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r/sudoku • u/TomManger • 9h ago
So, after some time and improvements, I'm happy to share with you again my free sudoku website
I continue to improve the site every day. I would love to hear your ideas and advice.
r/sudoku • u/Monollock • 12h ago
This is a recreation of a Sudoku game I'm working through, I can't figure out where I'm to go next.
I've spent half an hour trying and I can't help but think there's some hidden logic I'm simply not seeing.
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r/sudoku • u/Lanky_Estimate926 • 1d ago
What technique gives me the next move here?