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Author:  Andrew [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Windokus

A useful feature of Windokus is that, as well as the four given windows W, X, Y and Z in the diagram below, there are five hidden windows A, B, C, D and E. Each of these windows must contain the numbers 1 to 9; the normal rules for rows, columns and nonets also apply.

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It's easy to work out the hidden windows A and B, which are the remaining groups of cells in C234 and C678, similarly hidden windows C and D which are the remaining groups of cells in R234 and R678. Then there are 9 remaining cells R159C159 which form the final hidden window E.

Thanks Simon for explaining these hidden windows here.

Author:  enxio27 [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Windokus

Yeah, I didn't get those at first, either, but they sure have come in handy since then. I'm currently working on tarek's Bank Holiday Kazaguruma #3, in which the four outer grids are all windoku. I've messed it up several times, but hopefully I'll get it done this time.

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