Is killer sudoku harder than normal?

Is killer sudoku harder than normal?

Is killer sudoku harder than normal?

Despite the name, the simpler killer sudokus can be easier to solve than regular sudokus, depending on the solver's skill at mental arithmetic; the hardest ones, however, can take hours to solve.

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  • 2023-09-26 05:47:03
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What puzzle is harder than sudoku?
A Calcudoku
Calcudoku
KenKen and KenDoku are trademarked names for a style of arithmetic and logic puzzle invented in 2004 by Japanese math teacher Tetsuya Miyamoto, who intended the puzzles to be an instruction-free method of training the brain. The name derives from the Japanese word for cleverness (賢, ken, kashiko(i)).
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KenKen - Wikipedia
is similar to a Killer Sudoku, except that (1) any operation can be used to compute the result of a "cage" (not only addition), (2) the puzzle can be any square size, and (3) the Sudoku rule of requiring the numbers 1.. 9 in each 3×3 set of cells does not apply.
2024-03-21 23:01:48


How do you score more points in killer sudoku?
Completing one element (a block, row, or column) gives you a base number of points for your current difficulty level multiplied by 5. Completing two elements at a time gives you a base number of points multiplied by 10, while completing three elements at a time gives a base number of points multiplied by 15.
2023-12-17 20:35:39


Why is killer sudoku easier?
This is because these have the fewest possible combinations. For example, 5 cells within the same cage totalling 34 can only be 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Yet, 5 cells within the same cage totaling 25 has twelve possible combinations.
2023-09-18 17:23:02


What makes sudoku harder?
It is the number of logic decisions, their redundancy and their complexity which determines how hard the puzzle is going to be.
2023-04-09 07:51:08