V dot X - variant sudoku
(Published on 2. January 2026, 05:51 by MummaBear)
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Orthogonally adjacent cells must not contain consecutive digits.
- Cells that are a chess king's move apart must not contain the same digit.
- Cells that are a chess knight's move apart must not contain the same digit.
- Digits on a V sum to 5, digits on an X sum to 10.
- Digits separated by a black dot are in the ratio 1:2.
Solution code: Row 5, 9 digits
Comments
on 24. January 2026, 13:10 by Dialo_Malison
Love the way this starts slow but builds momentum. Thanks!
on 3. January 2026, 18:20 by Myfyr MJ
Very nice, much easier than it looks!
on 3. January 2026, 13:03 by SennyK
Very nice and very easy, thank you! :-)
on 2. January 2026, 18:12 by Onkel_Dagobert
Looked really intimidating, was surprisingly easy.
on 2. January 2026, 12:17 by VeTaurus
Very nice puzzle. But definitely easier than 3*
on 2. January 2026, 10:36 by MummaBear
Fixed formatting, link and picture in German version
on 2. January 2026, 09:08 by Nurator
Awesome puzzle, reminded of of the first miracle puzzle. You start this and think "There is no way that solves" and then it solves really smoothly!
on 2. January 2026, 07:41 by superkinkel
Sounds like a nice set of constraints, but the puzzle is missing.
- should be there now in German version
