Skip to main content
sudoku

sudoku

8 4.7
Number puzzle on a 9×9 grid using numbers 1–9 once in every row, column, and 3×3 box
  • noun
  • /suːˈdoʊku/
translation icon : sudoku
  • Sit at a table by the window and do the Sudoku puzzle in the paper.
  • Sudoku puzzle
  • Sudoku game
  • Sudoku book

You know, I don't know, things like Sudoku and chess and various things like that.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • She filled in the last number of the sudoku grid with excitement.

  • Three people are placed in a room together to solve a Sudoku puzzle for five minutes.

    Blog text (18)
  • And so the rules of Sudoku are simple.

  • Your very own Sudoku book.

  • It's the first time I tried Sudoku.

  • Seriously, once I get into Sudoku, I'm in it for the long haul.

    Blog text (9)
  • OK, which is a feature of most good Sudoku puzzles that there is only one solution.

  • We have a puzzle table, board games, and daily sudoku puzzles available.

    Academic text (2007)
  • We spent the storm playing every board game, crossword puzzle, and Sudoku we had access to.

    Blog text (13)
  • The number-placement puzzle, Sudoku, consists of a 9 x 9 grid which must be filled using the digits 1 to 9.

    Blog text (31)

Idioms

To make a silly embarrassing mistake online as a joke

How Hard

word square
1 6.4
sudoku
8 4.7
crossword
58 2.3
jigsaw puzzle
18 2.2

Surface Forms

sudoku singular
sudokus plural

Etymology

Sudoku comes from a Japanese phrase, suji wa dokushin ni kagiru, which means 'the numbers must be single'. So, think of numbers standing 'alone' in each row, column and box, which is why a sudoku puzzle asks you to place each number only once.