Sudoku Variants Series (041) - Thermometer
(Published on 9. September 2014, 00:00 by Richard)
Thermometer Sudoku
This puzzle can be solved without any T&E, but contains a few interesting steps.
Solve online in F-Puzzles (thx jchan18!)
Place the digits from 1 tot 9 in every row, column and 3x3-block. The digits in each thermometer-shaped region should be in increasing order, from the bulb to the end.
Solution code: Column 1, followed by column 4.
Comments
on 4. April 2023, 22:07 by Hydalin
I have really done a lot of thermometer puzzles, but to spot the crucial thing here took me a while. Was nice to see that Richard's (hidden) way to solve this puzzle took exactly the same steps as I did. Really nice one, yet tough!
on 14. July 2022, 09:15 by Richard
Added link and tag for online solving. Thx jchan18!
on 11. August 2021, 07:16 by ordnanceordinance
@Richard, thanks. Been working my way through a bunch of these puzzles and having a lot of fun!
on 11. August 2021, 05:16 by Richard
@ordnanceordinance: hidden comments are visible after you have solved the puzzle.
Your own hidden comments are always visible for you.
on 29. November 2020, 20:03 by Richard
Well done Nick!
on 4. November 2020, 07:22 by jchan18
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=y6j7lo7k
on 5. September 2020, 00:36 by SudokuExplorer
Very interesting and tough logic!
on 13. March 2017, 22:17 by Semax
Unglaublich gut! Wer durchhält, es logisch zu lösen, wird belohnt.
on 18. October 2014, 10:09 by JonaS2010
Super!! Sehr Sehr schönes Rätsel!
on 17. October 2014, 15:20 by Richard
@Jonas2010: wiederholen is nicht erlaubt. Viel erfolg!
on 17. October 2014, 15:10 by JonaS2010
Bedeutet aufsteigend sortiert strikt aufsteigend, oder ist es auch möglich, dass sich Zahlen wiederholen?
on 17. September 2014, 07:04 by Richard
@Hasenvogel and others: The logic in this puzzle has everything to do with the shapes and positioning of the thermometers. For learning purposes I have written the first half of the solving path in a hidden comment. When I look to the (beauty)rating of this puzzle, I guess a lot of players have used T&E, which is a pity.
on 16. September 2014, 08:39 by Hasenvogel
Einmal habe ich eine Fallunterscheidung benötigt.
Der rein logische Weg hat sich mir leider nicht offenbart.
on 15. September 2014, 08:29 by ibag
Tatsächlich ziemlich trickreich!
on 12. September 2014, 17:54 by Ours brun
Wow.
on 9. September 2014, 15:24 by Statistica
Logisch lösbar, aber sehr schwierig. Für mich vier Schwierigkeitssterne.
