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▚▚ Entropic-Zipper-Loop ▞▞

(Published on 13. January 2024, 07:16 by ElChiglia)



---- RULES ----

Normal Sudoku rules apply: Fill the grid with digits 1 to 9 appearing once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.

Entropic Loop: Draw a single 1-cell-wide loop of orthogonally connected cells into the grid. Different loop segments cannot touch, not even diagonally. The loop acts as an Entropic Line. Any group of three consecutive cells along the loop must contain one low digit (1,2,3), one middle digit (4,5,6), and one high digit (7,8,9).

Zipper Lines: Digits an equal distance from the center of a lavender line sum to the digit in the middle of that line.

Circles: Cells containing a circle must be on the loop and the digit in it counts the total number of cells in the respective 3x3 box that are part of the loop, including itself.

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This Sudoku is part of my series of "build-your-own-loop Sudokus". If you liked solving this puzzle or if you prefer other combinations of loop logic and constraints, feel free to give the other sudokus of the series a go too:

Loop Logic Loop Constraint Further Constraints
Hiking-through-
the-Fog Loop
Signposts Dutch Whisper,
Polarity Line
Kropki Dots
X-clues
Renbanimo Loop Pentominos
Guiding Cells
Renbanimos Kropki Dots
Odd cells
Deceiving Loop Wrogn Clues Wrogn Clues 9 different
constraints
Count-the-
Whispers Loop
Counting Cells German Whispers Kropki Dot
Whisper-me-
Sum-thing
Loop
Line-sums German Whispers Kropki Dots
Road Running
Loop
Road Runner Parity Line Kropki Dots
Magically
Modifying Loop
- Incrementers,
Decrementers,
Nullifiers
Magic Squares,
Killer cages,
Kropki Dots
Skiing Loop Gates German Whispers Kropki Dot,
Between Lines
Behaving Loop 3x3 boxes Polarity Line Kropki Dots
Magical Loop Guiding cells Modular Line Magic Squares
Foggy Loop Guiding cells Parity Line Fog of War,
Killer Cages
10-Suȵ Loop Moon-or-Sun 10-Line Killer Cages
Counting Loop Galaxies Counting Line Killer Cages,
Kropki Dots,
Quadruple Clues
Shining Loop Moon-or-Sun Parity Line Killer Cages
Interfering Loops Slitherlink
+ Masyu
Entropic Line
+ Parity Line
Killer Cages
Slithering Loop Slitherlink Entropic Line Killer Cages,
Little Killer
BigBang Loop Galaxies Parity Line Row/Column Indexer,
Kropki Dots
Summing Loop Star Battle Region Sum Line Killer Cages,
Skyscraper,
Kropki Dots
Whispering Loop Star Battle German Whispers Sandwich Sum



Solution code: Column 8, followed by row 8

Last changed on on 13. January 2024, 11:22

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Comments

on 6. May 2024, 13:04 by wuc
Awesome. Another great puzzle thx.

on 14. January 2024, 19:21 by mathpesto
Another beautiful and fun puzzle in the series!

on 14. January 2024, 18:33 by sacklunch
Really beautiful design! I couldn't believe there was a unique solution, it felt miraculous while I was solving. :)

on 13. January 2024, 15:37 by yttrio
This one had some cool interactions with how the loop needed to work with the zipper lines, excellent puzzle!

Difficulty:3
Rating:96 %
Solved:91 times
Observed:8 times
ID:000GJI

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