: a puzzle in which missing numbers are to be filled into a 9 by 9 grid of squares which are subdivided into 3 by 3 boxes so that every row, every column, and every box contains the numbers 1 through 9
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Note that approximating a solution or solving a small instance (most of us can solve a 9 × 9 sudoku) doesn't suffice.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2023
Tyson, Dom, and Justine officially quit the final as Cayla arrives to start on the sudoku.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
Bitcoin mining remains a lightning rod of controversy in crypto—a physical manifestation of the otherwise digital sector that guzzles energy at the magnitude of medium-size countries in order to, as detractors love to say, solve a glorified sudoku.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 31 May 2023
Tyson's fingers are shaking from the cold, and he's shocked when Danny finishes the sudoku first and moves on.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2023
Tyson, Dom, and Justine officially quit the final as Cayla arrives to start on the sudoku.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
Bitcoin mining remains a lightning rod of controversy in crypto—a physical manifestation of the otherwise digital sector that guzzles energy at the magnitude of medium-size countries in order to, as detractors love to say, solve a glorified sudoku.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 31 May 2023
Tyson's fingers are shaking from the cold, and he's shocked when Danny finishes the sudoku first and moves on.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
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“Sudoku.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sudoku. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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