Sudoku Variants Series (457) - Hot Arrows
(Published on 23. January 2026, 05:16 by Richard)
For this Sudoku Variants Project I have planned to publish a unique Sudoku variant every week.
Hot Arrows
Inspiration for this type comes from SneakySteve.
Solve online in
I will see how long it takes before I am running out of ideas.
Apply classic sudoku rules.
An orange arrow points towards a cell N steps away that has a value greater than N, where N is the digit in the cell with the arrow.
Sudokupad (no answer check)
Sudokupad (with answer check)
or
Penpa+.
Solution code: Row 3
Comments
on 27. January 2026, 12:03 by wuc
Beautiful approachable 2*. Very smooth start in the day thx.
on 25. January 2026, 19:59 by wuc
Beautiful approachable 2*. Very smooth start in the day thx.
on 23. January 2026, 19:30 by dzamie
Row 4 was fun to start with :D
Neat variant! This one wasn't particularly difficult, so long as you kept track of which arrows could point where. Probably on the high side of 1*, but 2* seems pretty reasonable.
on 23. January 2026, 14:07 by Prince Joffrey
Smart that you didn't choose row 4 as solution code
on 23. January 2026, 13:46 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing another lovely SVS-introduction-puzzle.
on 23. January 2026, 11:45 by Ol-Jay
More of this, please!
on 23. January 2026, 11:07 by wuc
Beautiful approachable 2*. Very smooth start in the day thx.
on 23. January 2026, 08:28 by Piatato
Smooth and fun!
on 23. January 2026, 07:36 by wuc
Beautiful approachable 2*. Very smooth start in the day thx.
