Questions tagged [logical-deduction]
A puzzle that requires formal logical deduction to arrive at the solution. This suggests more than merely reasoning through clues to find an answer (you might want [situation] for that).
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A Final Digitial Sudoku! - SS#14
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the final puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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Unequal Curfew - Donut Hole
This is a Curfew variant. Curfew is a genre invented by Hempuli; I made a slight modification to give this variant.
Rules of Unequal Curfew:
Draw a loop that visits every circle.
Each visit to a room ...
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1answer
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This Sudoku Park iS LIT!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
The grid below is a normal Sudoku grid with normal Sudoku clues, but the completed grid also houses a Statue Park! The completed ...
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Sudoku: Odd Bonds
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: Wacky Sudokus.
Edit: Clarified three of the rules.
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Inside the sudoku, there exists one "loop".
The loop ...
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1answer
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A Fractal Sudoku - SS#13
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the penultimate puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the ...
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Logic grid puzzle - Carson City Chronicle
I can't figure this one out. Any help would be appreciated.
Journalist-in-training Janet Seymour's byline appeared in the Carson City Chronicle on six days last week. On each day (Monday through ...
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1answer
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Sudoku with no grid and no numbers!!? - SS#12
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the twelfth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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Sudoku in Technicolor!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
This puzzle consists of three overlapping Sudokus, coloured red, blue and green, so each cell will contain three digits, one of ...
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Hotaru Beam Puzzle: Is it impossible?
I saw this puzzle on Twitter by user @lilva_0419 and I personally feel that it is impossible to solve. Can you prove me wrong (or right)?
Source on Twitter
Try it online
Rules (see Wikipedia):
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1answer
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Finding the median of 5 numbers
There are 5 boxes labeled A, B, C, D and E. Each box contains a distinct number, but you don't know what it is. You can select three boxes and the Oracle will tell you which box contains the median* ...
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Table of mathematical expressions - fill in 1-9
Fill in the numbers 1 through 9 in the 9 empty cells (each number appears exactly once) to make the row and column expressions equal to the number at the end of the row or column.
Regular math ...
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1answer
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This Sudoku takes a step up! - SS#11
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the eleventh puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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How to get the least amount of pours to obtain a fractional amount of yoghurt?
The puzzle is as follows:
A dairy plant in Milwaukee is well known for its yoghurt. However
during the quality control a factory worker forgot to bring a set of
adequate vessels to measure the ...
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1answer
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Didn't you ask me for a crossword?
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #forty-seven: "Wacky Sudokus"
Here's that crossword you asked for... Sorry, what's that - you didn't ask me for a crossword??
TASK: Solve the puzzle ...
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1answer
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Skyscrapers in Sudoku!!! - SS#10
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the tenth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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1answer
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Chain Puzzle: Video Games #01 - Teleporting Crosswords!
This is the first Chain Puzzle in the Video Games series, in which all puzzles are themed around video games of all genres. The answer to this puzzle is a thematic word or phrase. The solver whose ...
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1answer
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A Puzzling Sudoku (Warning: Hot!)
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
A Sudoku with an oddly familiar shape. Here's a Penpa Link.
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply
(Special) Thermometers:
The ...
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1answer
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A 7x7 Suguru - SS#9
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the ninth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
10
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1answer
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Nurikabe: The Super-Kabe Attacks!
This puzzle is another Nurikabe, but with a new twist for me: it's a gigantic Super-Kabe! It's also, in my opinion, quite tricky and has some interesting deductions. I hope you enjoy!
Rules of a ...
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1answer
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The Blank Sudoku
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
(h/t to Beastly Gerbil, whose 1,2,3... Trinary!!! puzzle provided inspiration for this puzzle)
This puzzle is a normal Sudoku, ...
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1answer
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A Difficult Wacky Sudoku - SS#8
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the eighth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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1answer
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A Scrumptious Sudoku Sandwich - SS#7
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the seventh puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
11
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1answer
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Sudoku… with 10 digits? SS#6
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the sixth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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1answer
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Compoundoku wants REALLY BIG and WACKY!
This is an entry for Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: Wacky Sudokus.
Rules of Compoundoku:
Solve both left and right Sudokus.
In addition, the board below them is the Compound Board of both Sudokus.
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1answer
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Nurikabe: The Twisty Corridors
This puzzle is a Nurikabe. It is a little tougher than my previous one, which was designed for newer solvers, and it has a particularly squiggly solution that I found pleasing enough to post - hence ...
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1answer
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A Mosaic Sudoku - SS#5
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the fifth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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1answer
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Stop BorgBot before it's too late!
There was a deafening metallic thunk as the rogue AI locked the door of the PuzzlingCorp server room, trapping the engineers inside. A countdown appeared on the computer screen... and began counting ...
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1answer
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Consecutive integers with digit sum divisible by 19
What is the smallest positive integer N, such that the digit sum of N and N+1 are both divisible by 19?
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1answer
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Sudoku + Nurikabe = Sudokabe
The following Sudoku has a nice little twist: after solving, use the numbers in the green squares as a basis for a Nurikabe puzzle. You can create a new grid for the Nurikabe (a 9x9 grid with the ...
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1answer
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This is an Odd Sudoku - SS#4
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the fourth puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
11
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1answer
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Greener Grasses: Nusi's Birthday
Here is another Greener Grasses puzzle.
Also, happy happy birthday to my fellow Indonesian puzzler, Nusi! I'm sorry that I realize the puzzle was broken in the last-minute checking so a single letter ...
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How many children wear a yellow t-shirt?
The puzzle is as follows:
In a certain kindergarten there are 23 children. Some of them wear a
green t-shirt, others a yellow t-shirt and others blue t-shirt. A tv
reporter who was on the site doing ...
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1answer
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Shattered Webs - SS#3
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the third puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first ...
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2answers
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1, 2, 3… Trinary!!! (SS#2)
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to the second puzzle in this suduko series! For more information about the series, see the ...
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1answer
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Stupendous Sponge
General Notes
This puzzle takes the form a 9×9×9 level-one Menger sponge
whose surface is divided into 648 1×1 cells. The aim is to draw
a single non-crossing loop along its surface by connecting the
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How many children have two colored flags?
The puzzle is as follows:
A classroom in kindergarten has 35 children. Each of them carry a
flag of one, two or three colors. The number of only two-colored flags
is double that of the monochrome ...
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1answer
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The Blind Killer - a new series! SS#1
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus"
Other puzzles in this series
Welcome to a new sudoku series! This series will run for the duration of the current Fortnightly ...
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How do you find the average score in an archery competition?
The problem is as follows:
In an archery contest the television host says the following:
The scores in this round of competition are from 0 to 20. Charles has
2 points less than Marina. Lewis has 2 ...
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How old is Brenda?
Five friends (Adele, Brenda, Carol, Dana and Emily) were born peculiarly
in consecutive years.
It is known from their diaries that:
Carol was born 2 years before Dana and is not the oldest of them all....
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100 boxes, only 50 attempts [duplicate]
There are 100 boxes in the room. In every box there is a note with some number from 1 to 100 (no repetitions).Person A comes into the room and checks all the boxes and notes inside them. He can (doesn'...
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1answer
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2021 Unpainted Masyu
Paint some white circles to black such that the Masyu will be uniquely solvable and:
Exactly 2 of 11 white circles on the left forming '2' should be painted black.
Exactly 0 of 12 white circles on ...
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1answer
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Landings and stairs [closed]
Let's have two views of landings and stairs. We obtain the second VIEW B, by rotating the VIEW A 180 degrees clockwise. The distance between two landings is 8 feet, shown by the arrows. The stairs are ...
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1answer
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Shikakui Hebi: Similarities
Introduction puzzle: here
So, my first Shikakui Hebi puzzle didn't go well, so I'm trying again! Only this time, no more arrows. Instead, it's now a nonogram-like!
This is a Shikakui Hebi puzzle. ...
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1answer
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Sashi Park: an introduction
This is a Sashigane-Statue Park hybrid. The rules might look complicated, but they're just the two rulesets smushed together. Familiarity with both genres will help.
Rules
Statue Park (adapted from ...
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1answer
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Books on a bookshelf
On a shelf the blue book is to the right of the red book, the yellow book is in
one end, the black book is just before the white and the green is
between blue and white. What is the order of the green ...
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Password with capital letters
John created a password for a social network, thinking he could forget it, he left the information below in his agenda:
None of the syllables is in the word JUCOMAGO:
Two syllables are in the word ...
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Nine neighbors in a hotel
Alessandra, Marta, Cristiane, Camila, Eduardo, Janice, Giulia, Mateus and Lucas are neighbors who live in a hotel.
On each floor there are three bedrooms: one on the left, one in the center and one ...
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1answer
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Tetrikabe: Parallelogram
Rules: (Nurikabe section shamelessly stolen from an earlier puzzle by @jafe)
Numbered cells are unshaded.
Unshaded cells are divided into regions, all of which contain exactly one number. The number ...
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0answers
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Hundred prisoners [duplicate]
I got a puzzle that I can't figure out.
A hundred prisoners are waiting to be executed. The warden comes to them with an offer. He will give each one of them a secret number, from 1 to 100, not all ...
