Say What?
(Published on 30. April 2022, 14:00 by djorr)
Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. The number in the white circle must appear in the four surrounding cells.
Cages and diagonal clues are NOT standard. Digits may repeat in cages or along diagonals. The numbers should be read as a "look-and-say" number. Each number says which digits are in the respective cage or on the respective diagonal. For example, if a cage clue is 1221, this means there is 1 two and 2 ones in the cage. If a diagonal reads 33, then there are 3 threes along the diagonal.
You will need to turn off conflict checker for f-puzzles
F-puzzles link: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=ybu3lcpg
CTC link: https://tinyurl.com/pfh4tevm
If you are interested in more puzzles with the "look-and-say" variant, I invite you to try other puzzles using the following link:
Look-and-Say Puzzles
Solution code: Row 6 Column 4 (18 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 26. July 2022, 04:40 by MatthewDonovan
Nice puzzle, I agree with 2 stars. Thanks!
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I'm glad you enjoyed it Matthew!
on 6. July 2022, 15:42 by ViKingPrime
A fun rule-set, which you continue to improve; looking forward to what the future has in store.
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Thanks ViKingPrime! I hope you enjoy the rest to come!
on 3. May 2022, 17:00 by PinkNickels
Great setting as always, djorr.
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Thanks PinkNickels! Always glad to hear from you :)
on 1. May 2022, 14:51 by Palooka
Love these! Your puzzles are always a treat. Thanks!
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Thanks Palooka! I really appreciate it :)
on 1. May 2022, 05:36 by Dermerlin
Tbh, i do not understand the rules exactly.
I would expect a cage marked with "11" should contain one 1.
But there is a 2 field cage with that number. It's obviously not possible there. So this seems to be the sum???
Have i to find out which are sums and which are "look-and-say"?
Hi Dermerlin, these are all look-and-say cages. Yes, the 11 cage needs to contain one 1. I'm not sure what you mean by the "2 field cage with that number". Are you referring to the 2411 cage? The 2411 cage needs to contain two 4s and one 1. Let me know if this helps!
EDIT:I had a knot in my brain. I tried to put one 1 into that 2 field cage on the right border AND simultaneously to make the sum 11....
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EDIT 2: Now as i got the rules, i was able to solve. Thx, very nice puzzle.
on 1. May 2022, 02:10 by Crusader175
Very fun ruleset and puzzle!
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Thanks for the compliment Crusader175!
on 30. April 2022, 19:51 by taylorsc
Great example of a look and say puzzle. Thanks for setting! I really enjoyed it.
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Thanks taylorsc, I'm glad you had fun :)
on 30. April 2022, 16:28 by djorr
added other look-and-say links
on 30. April 2022, 15:01 by ScatterBrain
I've seen this "look and say" version before. It's fun. Thanks!
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I enjoy the variant a lot! If you see other setters using this variant, I would love to try those puzzles out. Thanks ScatterBrain!
