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▟▘Killer-Tetromino-Loop▝▙

(Published on 4. May 2024, 07:15 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.

Whispering 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 a German Whispers Line. Adjacent digits along the loop must differ by at least 5.

Tetrominos: All cells (with the exception of the central shaded cell) that are not part of the loop must be part of a Tetromino, a group of four orthogonally connected cells. Tetrominos never cross box borders and different Tetrominos do not overlap.

Killer Sums: Cells with small numbers lie within a Tetromino (in any position). The digits within that Tetromino must sum to that number. Not all Tetrominos contain a Killer Sum clue.

Less-than-sign: The less-than-sign points towards the smaller digit.

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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
Somedoku-Loop Somedoku,
Circles
Parity Line Kropki Dots
Deconstructed-
RSL-Loop
Deconstruction Region Sum Line Little Killers
Whispering-Sequence-
Loop
Circles Dutch Whispers Kropki Dot
Fluisterende Loop Star Battle Dutch Whispers Korpki Dots
Yin-Yang-Loop Yin Yang Region-Sum-Line Korpki Dots
Entropic-Sequence-
Loop
Circles Modular Line Thermometer
Find-the-
Whispering-Loop
Arrows German Whispers -
Country-Road-
Loop
Country Road Parity Line Irregular
Sudoku
Modular-Sequence-
Loop
Circles Modular Line Thermometer
Summing-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Region Sum Line Zipper Lines
Mid-Loop Mid-Loop
logic
Entropic Line Kropki Dots
Whispering-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Dutch Whispers Zipper Lines
Super Bowl
Loop
Oponents,
out-of-bounce
Polarity Line Kropkis, XV,
Nabner, Zipper
Linesweeper
Loop
Linesweeper
clues
Parity Line Little Killers
Modular-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Modular Line Zipper Lines
Balance Loop Balance clues Parity Line Little Killers
Entropic-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Entropic Line Zipper Lines
X-clues
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

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Comments

on 17. May 2024, 23:15 by Geb
Surprising how smoothly this flows from some relatively simple rules! I liked this one a lot.

on 17. May 2024, 00:11 by virus_dave
What a beautiful puzzle. Definitely stumped me a few times, but overall quite lovely.

My quest to complete every one of the author's puzzles ticks closer to completion!

on 8. May 2024, 16:28 by PhilipNyg
Incredible logic, beautiful

on 5. May 2024, 02:50 by mackerel
Spectacular puzzle, thank you!

on 4. May 2024, 22:00 by Glasgow
Beautifully designed. This one is a gem. Thanks!

on 4. May 2024, 08:58 by yanggang
Having both the tetronimos and the whispering loop made for a beautiful solve! I will definitely have to check out the other puzzles in the series. Thanks!

Difficulty:3
Rating:94 %
Solved:72 times
Observed:14 times
ID:000HY8

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