Low Tide
(Published on 18. August 2023, 21:25 by Schwupel)
Rules:
- Standard sudoku rules
- German Whispers: Adjacent digits on a green line must differ by at least 5
- Equality Cages: Cages must contain an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits.
Digits CAN repeat within cages. They cannot contain 5.
Play Online:
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Hints:
Hints are written in white in the following paragraph. If you want too look at one, highlight the text.
Hint 1:
Start by coloring high/low in row 1
Hint 2:
Have you found some 5s? If not you might want to think about how many highs/lows are in the bottom left region and then find some more 5s
Hint 3:
Think about the 1 and the whisper in box 4
Hint 4:
Where does 1 go in box 5?
Hint 5:
At this point you should have some parity. Think about row 4 and the large bottom right region
Solution code: Row 3 from left to right followed by column 5 from top to bottom.
Comments
on 2. May 2024, 23:20 by Pixelteer5
I came here from gUBBLOR’s Equality Cage puzzles, and I vastly underestimated the difficulty before starting. Was a couple times I thought about stopping but thankfully kept pushing through! What a great puzzle overall
on 16. November 2023, 16:02 by Snookerfan
Very nice puzzle! After reading the previous comment, I still forgot that digits can repeat in a cage. Silly me, but I got it eventually. Thank you
on 16. November 2023, 12:59 by roavin
Wonderful puzzle! I got tripped up a few times because, for some reason, I overlooked that digits CAN repeat in cages, but once I figured that out, a lovely solve!
on 31. October 2023, 03:55 by Sniglett
This was a neat puzzle. Took me a good while to get used to the new constraints, but I really enjoyed this solve!
on 22. August 2023, 16:27 by gUBBLOR
One of the best puzzles I've ever done! I love the idea of equality cages, I hope more of these puzzles are in the making!
* Thank you for the kind words. Happy you enjoyed the puzzle.
on 20. August 2023, 11:50 by Schwupel
updated with second solving link where regions dont overlap coloring
