Matty Didn't Call You Back Because He Had The Wrogn Number
(Published on 26. September 2024, 22:11 by Laake)
Matty Didn't Call You Back Because He Had The Wrogn Number
Hello everyone, it's my friend Brody's birthday today (Not in his time zone, oops). I asked him a couple of weeks ago what his favourite sudoku variants are. He mentioned killer cages and arrows, but his top two were anti-knight and wrogn. One of those I could have easily put something together for him. The other is this thing. Sorry.
Rules:- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Every clue in the puzzle is wrogn. A clue is wrogn if it is not completely correct.
- Killer Cages: Digits in a cage cannot repeat and sum to the digit in the top left corner of the cage.
- Look-And-Say Cages: Cages are also, independently, look-and-say. The number in the top left corner also says how many of each digit are in the cage. E.g. there is exactly "one 1" in the cages in box 2.
- Arrows: A digit in a circle with an arrow attached is equal to the sum of the digits on the attached arrow. The different colours don't mean anything different.
- Renban: digits on a purple renban line form a non-repeating set of consecutive digits, in any order.
- Nabner: The set of digits on an orange nabner line must not repeat and no two digits on the line may be consecutive.
- German whisper: Adjacent digits along a green german whisper line must have a difference of at least 5
- Kropki dots: Digits separated by a white kropki dot are consecutive, digits separated by a black kropki dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
- Thermos: Digits along a thermometer must always increase from the bulb to the tip.
- The clues outside the grid are all independently Numbered Rooms, Sandwich and Skyscraper clues.
- Numbered Rooms: A clue outside the grid indicates the digit which has to be placed in the Nth cell in the corresponding direction, where N is the digit placed in the first cell in that direction.
- Sandwich: The numbers outside the grid give the sum of the digits between the 1 and the 9 in that row or column.
- Skyscrapers: Digits in the grid represent skyscrapers, with their values corresponding to their heights. Taller skyscrapers obscure all shorter skyscrapers behind them. Clues outside the grid indicate the number of skyscrapers that can be seen in that row/column, from the line of sight of the clue.
SudokuPad link: Click Here
Enjoy?
Solution code: The row of Brody's favourite sudoku number, row 5 please.
Comments
on 6. February 2025, 12:31 by LehanLehan
That was exceptionally beautiful, thank you very much for the puzzle,Laake.
on 21. January 2025, 01:57 by goldennumber
Brutal!
on 15. January 2025, 02:23 by Frank Puzzles
https://youtu.be/0epdW-hZqp4
Here's my solve of your puzzle. It took me a while, but it was fun solving it with all the wrogn clues!
Oops, just saw your comments. Thanks for looking through the video!
on 21. November 2024, 21:41 by Gorzantinopulus
One of the best puzzles i've ever solved! Thanks!
on 13. November 2024, 18:02 by GoodMorningCallum
What a fantastic puzzle - so good that it prompted me to create an account here! It's fiendishly difficult, and I was left pondering where to go for long periods of time. But once you spot it; the logic flows so nicely. Also, I found this mentioned on Cracking the Cryptic. Their solve video is over on Patreon, and this is definitely the hardest puzzle I've ever solved without needing to watch Simon for some help!
on 13. November 2024, 09:01 by madhupt
This is such an intricate puzzle. The clues are so well placed, it is almost magical. Every tiny bit of deduction was so satisfying. Not easy but extremely delicious solve. Thanks a lot @Laake for sharing this.
on 13. November 2024, 01:13 by Fool on Hill
Stupidly good - the range and variety of logic and the multiple use of the same clues makes this a very hard solve, but every step, once seen, is clear and clean, and there are more "aha!" moments than in any other puzzle I recall. What an achievement.
on 9. November 2024, 16:33 by cavarthis
Absolutely fantastic! Simultaneously fun and tortuous. Thanks!
on 25. October 2024, 15:10 by OGRussHood
The best part of my day: solving a mad wrogn puzzle.
on 6. October 2024, 15:56 by piyush
+1, very nice puzzle setting, all clues are crucial and you tend to miss the Skyscrapers.
on 5. October 2024, 18:11 by twobear
Phenomenal construction. Thank you!!
on 29. September 2024, 08:06 by MartinR
Agree with earlier comment, the way some clues did double or even triple duty and they way their different types interacted was really good.
on 28. September 2024, 16:38 by rameshsrivats
Absolutely brilliant construction
on 27. September 2024, 16:59 by jwsinclair
This is really well done. I was impressed again and again at how much care was put into the clues, many of which were useful on multiple levels.
on 27. September 2024, 08:12 by Laake
Me and moo are muppets, neither of us realised we just missed a rule from the ruleset. Oopsie daisy.
