Sudoku minimum starting numbers Each Sudoku 17 puzzle has only seventeen starting numbers. Most sudoku books in print have puzzles with 24 to 30 starting numbers. Starting numbers are like. 1 Lots of good challenging puzzles. My family has Sudoku competitions with each other all the time and we are all in agreement "Sudoku 17" is the best. 2 Sudoku is a number-placement puzzle game that based on logic. You need to fill numbers into each cell so that each row, column, and 3x3 sub-grid. 3 To solve the puzzle, each 3 x 3 box, each column and each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle, then read down the numbers in the highlighted. 4 This popular logic puzzle is a numbers game, minus the math. Back. Subscribe Log In. Sudoku Try this numbers game, minus the math. Choose Your Puzzle: Easy Medium Hard. Ap. Back. easy. 5 Sudoku fanatics have long claimed that the smallest number of starting clues a puzzle can contain is Now a year-long calculation proves there are no clue puzzles. By Emerging. 6 How to Play Sudoku? Sudoku Rule № 1: Use Numbers Sudoku is played on a grid of 9 x 9 spaces. Within the rows and columns are 9 “squares” (made up of 3 x 3 spaces). Each row, column and square (9 spaces each) needs to be filled out with the numbers , without repeating any numbers within the row, column or square. 7 A minimal Sudoku is one with the fewest number of starting clues. For 1x1 Sudoku of order n=1, the minimum number of starting clues is 1. For 4x4 Sudoku of order n=2, the minimum number of starting clues is 4. For 9x9 Sudoku of order n=3, the minimum number of starting clues is 8 It is well known (as shown here) that the minimum number of starting clues a Sudoku puzzle may have to generate a unique solution is My main question is Given a completed Sudoku grid, is it always possible to find a subset of 17 starting clues which generate the grid uniquely?. 9 When you first start to play a Sudoku puzzle, you need to look around the grid and try to find the areas where there are already a lot of numbers in place. For example, if there is a row that already has 7 out of 9 numbers in place, or a square that already has 6 out of the 9 numbers in place, these might be good places to start. 10 Classic Sudoku is a logic-based number puzzle game. How To Play: Place numbers 1 through 9 in empty cells. Each row, column and square(3x3) needs to be filled. 11 12