What is Sudoku?

by Allison Thompson

This numerical puzzle game has launched itself on to the world scene over the last few months, but its origins seem to be either from the US where a version of it was designed by an American Puzzle Constructor by the name of Howard Garnes in the late 1970’s. However this version of the game seems to have been around in Japan since the mid-1980’s. Sudoku is a Japanese word meaning placement puzzle.

How you Play the Game

Sudoku is a very easy game to understand and the rules are very simple:

You are provided with a grid of 9 x 9 squares. Into these grids you have to place the numbers 1 to 9, but you must only list them once in each grid.

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