What is the Sudoku game ?

Sudoku is an addictive logic game and has become a phenomenon all over the world.

You would imagine that such a name for a puzzle would have originated in Japan, but it has been around for many years in the UK. It caught on in Japan, where number puzzles are much more prevalent than word puzzles. As you can imagine crosswords don't work well in the Japanese language.

This game is not a mathematical or arithmetical puzzle. It works just as well if the numbers are substituted with letters or some other symbols, but numbers work best.

The game consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into 9 smaller grids of 3x3 squares. Each puzzle has a logical and unique solution.

To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Try printing the puzzle and use it as a rough worksheet, it will help!

Good luck!