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Killer SudokuPuzzle, Logic, Casual

Killer Sudoku

Sudoku with no printed numbers: every pane adds up to its figure.

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Killer Sudoku

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About Killer Sudoku

Fill the grid using Sudoku’s row, column and box rules. Each outlined cage must also reach its printed sum without a repeated digit. Combine arithmetic and crossing clues to fill the stained-glass window.

How to play

Goal
Fill the window so every row, column and box holds each number once and every pane adds up to its figure.
How it ends
A window is solved when every cell is painted by those rules. There is no way to lose.
Record
The fastest first solve of each window, with its holder's name.
  1. Tap a cell, then a number: every row, column and box holds 1 to 9 once (1 to 6 in a Lancet).
  2. Each pane's numbers add up to the figure in its corner, and no number repeats inside a pane.
  3. Switch to Notes to write candidates; a painted number wipes itself from the notes in its row, column and box.
Worked example for Killer Sudoku
Worked example. See how the rules apply to a real position.

Controls

InputAction
Tap / clickSelect a cell
Number pad / 1–9Paint a number (again to take it out)
Notes / Shift+numberWrite a note
N / PNotes mode, paint mode
Delete / 0Clear the cell
Z / EscapeUndo, or return to the windows

Good to know

All 140 windows are open, deterministic, proved to need no guess and independently counted to one answer. No hints or mistake checks are available. Named fastest times, kept attempts, notes, sound and reduced-motion preference persist in this browser.

Watch how to play

The rules, then Lancet 01 played start to finish. Played by an automated player at a person's pace; the narration is a synthetic voice. English captions and chapters on YouTube.

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