Time to defeat the killer, sudoku geniuses! Same as the classic version of the number puzzle, you will be given a 9x9 grid, which is evenly divided into 9 squares. Your goal in the game is to put numbers 1 to 9 onto the blanks of the grid, such that the numbers will not be repeated in each row, each column, and each 3x3 square. Killer Sudoku Pro ups the ante on regular Killer Sudoku by adding subtraction, multiplication and division to the puzzle. So, like Killer Sudoku, Killer Sudoku Pro puzzles includes all of the rules of regular Sudoku but adds in dashed-line 'cages' which must result in given values when a particular operation is applied. Killer Sudoku Pro is also sometimes known as Killer Pro or KenDoku™. Puzzlemix.com: play Killer Sudoku puzzles with full online rating, comment and save system. Killer Sudoku is a logic puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several prefilled numbers. Each puzzle consists of a 9x9 Sudoku grid containing areas surrounded by the same background color.
Killer Sudoku is also known as Sum Sudoku, which is a type of puzzle game that combines the features of KaKuro and Sudoku.
Just like any other Sudoku, the columns, rows, and three by three blocks consist of numbers 1 to 9.
Also, the dotted lines represent areas known as cages that contain a series of digits (non-repeated). When you sum up the numbers present in a cage, you will attain the sum displayed in the clue.
History
- Killer Sudoku puzzles originated in Japan in the mid-1990s, and earlier, they were termed as “samunamupure.” The name – Killer Sudoku was given to the game for most English speaking countries.
- In usual Sudoku puzzles, when you look at the grid layout, it is somewhat symmetrical around the horizontal, vertical axis and diagonal axis, or you can quarter/half-turn towards the center.
- Killer Sudoku needs the player to have solver skills at mental math, and the most difficult ones take hours together to solve. So, you need to be sharp with mental arithmetic to stay in the game and solve the puzzles.
Goal
- The goal of the game is to fill in the grid using numbers from 1 to 9 in a fashion that the below-mentioned rules are followed
- Every row, column & and no net consists of every number precisely once
- The addition of all the amounts present in the cage should match the small number displayed in the corner.
- In the cage, every number appears just once means they are not repeated. It is a standard rule of Killer Sudoku, which signifies that every pen can have nine cells only.
- In this game, – ‘Killer X,’ is an added rule wherein every lengthy diagonal consists of each number just once. You need to follow the regulations and have excellent math skills to solve these puzzles.
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Below are all possible combinations of numbers that can be placed in a Killer Sudoku cage, given the cage size and the cage total. This will help you to quickly note all possibilities for any given cage when solving a Killer Sudoku puzzle.
Cages with 2 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
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3 | 12 |
4 | 13 |
5 | 1423 |
6 | 1524 |
7 | 162534 |
8 | 172635 |
9 | 18273645 |
10 | 19283746 |
11 | 29384756 |
12 | 394857 |
13 | 495867 |
14 | 5968 |
15 | 6978 |
16 | 79 |
17 | 89 |
Cages with 3 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
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6 | 123 |
7 | 124 |
8 | 125134 |
9 | 126135234 |
10 | 127136145235 |
11 | 128137146236245 |
12 | 129138147156237246345 |
13 | 139148157238247256346 |
14 | 149158167239248257347356 |
15 | 159168249258267348357456 |
16 | 169178259268349358367457 |
17 | 179269278359368458467 |
18 | 189279369378459468567 |
19 | 289379469478568 |
20 | 389479569578 |
21 | 489579678 |
22 | 589679 |
23 | 689 |
24 | 789 |
Cages with 4 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
---|---|
10 | 1234 |
11 | 1235 |
12 | 12361245 |
13 | 123712461345 |
14 | 12381247125613462345 |
15 | 123912481257134713562346 |
16 | 12491258126713481357145623472356 |
17 | 125912681349135813671457234823572456 |
18 | 12691278135913681458146723492358236724573456 |
19 | 12791369137814591468156723592368245824673457 |
20 | 128913791469147815682369237824592468256734583467 |
21 | 13891479156915782379246924782568345934683567 |
22 | 14891579167823892479256925783469347835684567 |
23 | 158916792489257926783479356935784568 |
24 | 16892589267934893579367845694578 |
25 | 178926893589367945794678 |
26 | 27893689458946795678 |
27 | 378946895679 |
28 | 47895689 |
29 | 5789 |
30 | 6789 |
Cages with 5 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
---|---|
15 | 12345 |
16 | 12346 |
17 | 1234712356 |
18 | 123481235712456 |
19 | 1234912358123671245713456 |
20 | 123591236812458124671345723456 |
21 | 1236912378124591246812567134581346723457 |
22 | 123791246912478125681345913468135672345823467 |
23 | 1238912479125691257813469134781356814567234592346823567 |
24 | 1248912579126781347913569135781456823469234782356824567 |
25 | 125891267913489135791367814569145782347923569235782456834567 |
26 | 1268913589136791457914678234892357923678245692457834568 |
27 | 1278913689145891467915678235892367924579246783456934578 |
28 | 137891468915679236892458924679256783457934678 |
29 | 1478915689237892468925679345893467935678 |
30 | 157892478925689346893567945678 |
31 | 1678925789347893568945679 |
32 | 267893578945689 |
33 | 3678945789 |
34 | 46789 |
35 | 56789 |
Cages with 6 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
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21 | 123456 |
22 | 123457 |
23 | 123458123467 |
24 | 123459123468123567 |
25 | 123469123478123568124567 |
26 | 123479123569123578124568134567 |
27 | 123489123579123678124569124578134568234567 |
28 | 123589123679124579124678134569134578234568 |
29 | 123689124589124679125678134579134678234569234578 |
30 | 123789124689125679134589134679135678234579234678 |
31 | 124789125689134689135679145678234589234679235678 |
32 | 125789134789135689145679234689235679245678 |
33 | 126789135789145689234789235689245679345678 |
34 | 136789145789235789245689345679 |
35 | 146789236789245789345689 |
36 | 156789246789345789 |
37 | 256789346789 |
38 | 356789 |
39 | 456789 |
Cages with 7 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
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28 | 1234567 |
29 | 1234568 |
30 | 12345691234578 |
31 | 12345791234678 |
32 | 123458912346791235678 |
33 | 123468912356791245678 |
34 | 1234789123568912456791345678 |
35 | 1235789124568913456792345678 |
36 | 1236789124578913456892345679 |
37 | 124678913457892345689 |
38 | 125678913467892345789 |
39 | 13567892346789 |
40 | 14567892356789 |
41 | 2456789 |
42 | 3456789 |
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Cages with 8 squares
Total: | Combinations: |
---|---|
36 | 12345678 |
37 | 12345679 |
38 | 12345689 |
39 | 12345789 |
40 | 12346789 |
41 | 12356789 |
42 | 12456789 |
43 | 13456789 |
44 | 23456789 |
Cages with 9 squares
Killer Sudoku Online Archive
Total: | Combinations: |
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45 | 123456789 |