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Ranked Top 9 Best Digits (Rank Sudoku)

(Published on 22. March 2022, 21:59 by purpl)

This variant is seen a lot more in competition puzzles, but I really enjoyed solving a 6x6 version of it that appeared in a larger set of puzzles. I took a crack at making my own and I am really happy I did. Hope you enjoy!

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Additionally, digits may not repeat in a cage. Also, some cells in each cage contain small circled values. These values tell you the “rank” of the digit in that cell, compared to the other digits in the cage, from lowest to highest. For instance, a cell with a circled “2” contains the second-lowest digit in its cage.

Links:

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CtC

Solution code: Row 6 followed by column 5 (left to right, top to bottom, 18 digits, no spaces)


Solved by the_cogito, Angelo, Jlrice2, twobear, Cane_Puzzles, rmn, grkles, Xenonetix, Feadoor, Niverio, thetearex15, AvonD, lovely, Vebby, Jaych, mnasti2, ManuH, h5663454
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Comments

on 6. July 2022, 23:18 by Niverio
Very lovely puzzle! I liked the C789 interactions a lot!

on 4. April 2022, 21:44 by grkles
I absolutely loved this. What a great puzzle!

on 23. March 2022, 04:59 by twobear
Very fun puzzle! Thank you!

on 22. March 2022, 23:11 by Angelo
Fun puzzle! Took me a bit to get more intuition to it. Somehow I kept thinking that the cages were renban lines.

on 22. March 2022, 22:59 by the_cogito
Awesome puzzle, very clean execution and smooth path once you get a sense for how to use the constraint

Difficulty:4
Rating:97 %
Solved:18 times
Observed:5 times
ID:0009FY

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