The Trivia and Facts about Sudoku Puzzles

The crossword puzzle ‘Sudoku’ is by and large one that is known to be quite an addictive type. It is easy to learn but not so for a mastery of the game. Playing Sudoku as a puzzle game is quite fun and with the ideas you will get in this post, you will even be tipped to further enjoy the game as for the fun facts that are detailed herein about the game. The game however assumes a nearly similar name and may be confused in spelling with ‘Sodoku’ which is a kind of fever caused by a rat bite.

Sudoku is a logic puzzle that has proved to be very popular in a number of magazines and newspapers. It is as well found in some books, wooden game sets, electronic puzzles and even some computer games that feature the game. The name ‘Sudoku’ is a compound word coming from the two Japanese words, ‘Su’ which means ‘number’ and ‘Doku’ which means ‘single’. This as such has led to the game being known as a single number game as only single numbers were used in the original versions of the game.

The first thing that needs to be clear is the fact that Sudoku is a puzzle of logic and not a number puzzle as has been assumed by many. In as much as you may have the squares in the game filled with the squares, numbers, and or shapes but it all still remains a Sudoku logic puzzle.

For a Sudoku puzzle to be considered a proper Sudoku puzzle, it is supposed to have just one solution to it. As such you may realize that there may be some of the versions of the game in the newspapers and magazines as you will realize that some of these have more than one solution to the puzzle. Basically a Sudoku puzzle should contain 17 starting digits.

There are a number of the Sudoku puzzles with different grids. As such you will realize that there will as well be a number of the permutations for the possible answers to the solutions. By and large, Sudoku puzzles are a kind of Latin square puzzles, puzzles which have been around which have been around for a number of centuries.

It is highly healthy and fun playing Sudoku as such you are invited to enjoy playing it with a clear conscience.