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Enigmatic Entropic Snake

(Published on 31. January 2024, 00:00 by starwarigami)

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An Enigmatic Entropic snake enters the museum through one of the 4 exits (Corners) and wants to visit every exhibit (Box) exactly once, finishing at the centre of the museum (R5C5).

The snake consists of a single path of orthogonally connected cells that never touches itself orthogonally (diagonally is fine).
Each three consecutive cells of the snake contain must contain a low digit (123), a medium digit (456), and a high digit (789).

Solve the sudoku such that there exists a unique path for the snake through the museum.

All standard variant rules apply.

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Museum Guide
  • Exhibit 1: Odd/Even. The digit in the circle must be odd
  • Exhibit 2: XV. Digits separated by a V sum to 5
  • Exhibit 3: German Whispers. Digits along the green line must differ by at least 5
  • Exhibit 4: Killer Cages. Digits in a cage must sum to the indicated total.
  • Exhibit 5: Arrows. Digits along the arrow sum to the 2-digit number shown in the attached pill.
  • Exhibit 6: Min/Max. The digit in the grey cell must be less than every orthogonally adjacent digit.
  • Exhibit 7: Kropki Dots. Digits separated by a black dot must be in the ratio 2:1
  • Exhibit 8: Thermometers. Digits along the thermometer must increase from the bulb end.
  • Exhibit 9: Renban. Digits along the pink line must form a set of consecutive digits, in any order.


Solution code: Column 9 (top to bottom) - 9 digits, no spaces

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Solved by Calvinball, Felis_Timon, killer_rectangle, SirWoezel, yourfavdutchie, SKORP17, ashisstuff, Starlight, marcmees, jkuo7, Asphodel, Bconner5, Isael, benzonitrile, gynu, dunder, Tamuha, wrightbr3, bansalsaab, dogfarts, ZornsLemon, atomvic, salsais, Min77, doomedmageknight, Sewerin, codewizard, SashaBu, PippoForte, Calesch
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Comments

on 21. February 2024, 16:28 by Asphodel
I still don't get how you can build such a smooth puzzle...

on 16. February 2024, 18:37 by marcmees
must read the rules more carefully. Couldn't get the snake to leave the building and found out too late why. Very nice thanks.

on 31. January 2024, 06:57 by AaronSmith
Awesome puzzle!!

on 31. January 2024, 02:26 by Calvinball
Such a Delightfully Devious Series.

Difficulty:4
Rating:91 %
Solved:30 times
Observed:8 times
ID:000GQN

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