Sudoku
/sʊˈdəʊku/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants. countable, uncountable
"For Preston is the publishing director at Puzzler Media, which creates magazines filled with puzzles, including one called sudoku that has taken Britain by storm. […] The puzzles are widely available over the Internet because efforts to trademark the name in Britain have not been successful, and you can even download sudokus to mobile phones."
- 2 a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number wordnet
Example
More examples"I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you."
Etymology
Etymology tree Japanese 数(すう)字(じ) (sūji) Japanese は (wa) Japanese 独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin) Japanese に (ni) Japanese 限(かぎ)る (kagiru) Japanese 数独 (sūdoku)bor. English sudoku Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).