Sudoku Definition

so͝o-dōko͝o
noun
A puzzle typically consisting of a large grid of 81 squares (9 across and 9 down) subdivided into 9 smaller grids of 9 squares (3 across and 3 down), with each of the squares to be filled in with the numbers 1 through 9 without repeating a number in any of the large grid's rows, columns, or smaller grids.
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Other Word Forms of Sudoku

Noun

Singular:
sudoku
Plural:
sudokus

Origin of Sudoku

  • Japanese sūdoku contraction of sū(ji wa) doku(shin ni kagiru) the numbers are limited to a single occurrence (the phrase under which sudokus appeared in a magazine which popularized them in Japan in the 1980s) sū(ji) number doku(shin) single

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Japanese 数独 (sūdoku), numbers singly

    From Wiktionary

Sudoku Sentence Examples

  • Sudoku is the Japanese puzzle craze that has gripped the nation!

  • The latest puzzle craze here in the UK is Sudoku.

  • How to solve a sudoku puzzle - lessons.. .

  • The name Sudoku is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer phrase, meaning " the digits must remain single " .

  • Sudoku is the addictive Japanese number puzzle craze that is sweeping the UK.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUD

Words Ending With

UKUOKU

Unscrambles

sudoku

Words Starting With S and Ending With U

Starts With S & Ends With UStarts With SU & Ends With UStarts With S & Ends With KU

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With U