Thermo Pseudoku
(Published on 22. January 2025, 10:29 by starwarigami)
Normal Sudoku rules (mostly) apply.
Fill the grid with the digits 1-9 (and 0) so that (almost) no digit repeats in any row, column or box.
(Each unique digit may appear twice in exactly one row, column OR box. No row, column, or box may contain more than one repeated digit.)
Digits along a thermometer must increase (or stay the same) from the bulb end.
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If you enjoyed this puzzle, you can solve the original Pseudoku, Whisper Pseudoku, Killer Pseudoku, Arrow Pseudoku and Region-Sum Pseudoku puzzles by clicking the links.
Please also check out these other challenging puzzles of mine that you may have missed:
Solution code: Row 9 (left to right) - 9 digits, no spaces
Comments
on 23. January 2025, 14:09 by Titus Adduxas
Wow! I got there in the end but it took me well over 4 hours. The break in was relatively easy and there was some new nice logic to be learned but trying to keep track of everything when up to 2 digits could be missing from each box/row/column was, for me anyway, very difficult.
on 22. January 2025, 21:08 by Paquet Voleur
This was my first pseudoku, and it was quite confusing at first. Hard to keep track of all possibilities, despite knowing where my attention needed to go. I'm guessing it's like everything else: the more one does, the better one gets. For now, I rated this as 4*, although I probably struggled more like a 5*, but I'll blame it on me rather than on the puzzle. Interesting constraint, I'll probably seek to do others at some point soon. Thanks!
@Paquet Voleur - Thanks for sticking with it to the end! I was torn between 3 and 4 stars for this one, given how many digits can be placed early on. It's possible I erred on the easy side. The original Pseudoku and Whisper variant are probably the more "approachable" puzzles to help you get a handle on the variation to the standard logic, so if you were wanting to try another one I'd start there
on 22. January 2025, 19:51 by OutOfMyMindBRB
I found this quite challenging (4-5*), even having previously used the "almost" rule set. Thanks for setting :-)
