Sudoku Variants Series (375) - Odd-Even Thermometers
(Published on 13. July 2022, 02:00 by Richard)
Odd-Even Thermometers
This puzzle can be solved in a complete logical way, but contains a few tricky steps at the start. I have written those steps as a hidden comment, for learning purposes.
Inspiration for this type comes from triliton13 and Willy Wonka.
Solve online in F-Puzzles or CtC-app (thx Steven R!)
Here you find another Odd-Even Thermo from djorr.
Apply classic sudoku rules.
The digits in each thermometer are, from
the bulb to the end, all different and placed in increasing order. Digits in a thermometer are either all even, or
all odd.
Solution code: Row 7, followed by column 8.
Comments
on 9. September 2022, 18:52 by Rollo
Puh, das war auch ein Brocken. Endlich wieder alle geschafft :-).
on 26. July 2022, 07:56 by ibag
Sehr schön trickreich! ;-)
on 26. July 2022, 00:22 by raretypeoffox
Very nice puzzle. I personally found it closer to 3 stars than 4 star difficulty but lots of fun nonetheless
on 19. July 2022, 19:02 by djorr
Quite doable indeed! Probably setting one helped me a bit. Well done and thank you!
on 19. July 2022, 09:23 by Richard
Added link to another puzzle of this variant from djorr. Recommended!
on 17. July 2022, 17:28 by Krokant
That was a lot of fun. :)
on 14. July 2022, 10:59 by Lizzy01
Very nice!
On an unrelated note: You might like to have a look at this: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000AF6
Maybe even a new variant for the list?
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Reply: Hi Dutchie! Thanks for the solve and your compliments! :-)
Currently I have a lot of ideas and half finished setups for new SVS-puzzles, but good ideas are always welcome. So I will definitely take a look at your puzzle, although my first impression is that the rules are quite complicated. ;-)
Maybe the closer look will prove me wrong? ;-)
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It's mainly the wording of the rules that makes it seem complicated, but i didn't know how else to say it. I'm not that good with descriptions :/ Basically they're X-sums, but instead of starting at the start of the row, the first digit indicates where it starts.
on 13. July 2022, 23:38 by Bankey
Fun puzzle. Thanks, @ Richard :)
on 13. July 2022, 19:15 by Pathogenus
Really smooth solve with really fun logic.
on 13. July 2022, 16:40 by bansalsaab
Very nice puzzle. Thanks for creating it.
on 13. July 2022, 11:51 by Richard
Added links for online solving (Thx Steven R!) and to an additional puzzle with the same ruleset that I solved much earlier too.
on 13. July 2022, 11:23 by Steven R
F-Puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=26e8uknp
CTC: https://tinyurl.com/lmd000agk
on 13. July 2022, 06:06 by marcmees
hard but nice. thanks.
