If you enjoy Sudoku variants that go beyond traditional number placement, you'll love this Trimino Sudoku. The puzzle is set on a 6x6 grid, where the goal is to place digits 1 through 6 in some cells and blacken the rest. The classic Sudoku-like constraint applies: every row, column, and 3x2 region must contain all digits 1-6 and exactly three black cells. The key challenge lies in the rule that all black cells must be arranged into groups of three connected cells (triominoes), and these groups cannot touch each other edge-to-edge. This puzzle offers a fantastic blend of numerical and geometric logic. Grab your pencil, prepare to blacken some cells, and enjoy this creative challenge.
This Sudoku puzzle is my 43rd contribution to the Daily Sudoku League. Can you solve this Trimino Sudoku puzzle?
Rules of Trimino Sudoku
Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty cell or blacken the cell so that each digit appears exactly once in every row, column, and outlined 3x3 region along with three black cells. Each black cell should be part of an orthogonally connected group of three blackened cells (a triomino). No two triominoes can share an edge.
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| Trimino Sudoku (Daily Sudoku League #43) |
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Hi there. I really enjoy these puzzles but i am confused about the rules for bust sudoku. What is meant by a ccoresponding direction?? The right most column has a clue of 5. As one goes down column 9 the 5 is the second number ..... so the sum before the 5 is 4 and after the 5 the sum is 36.... so in one direction the sum is well under 21 and in the other direction the sum is well over 21
For the Bust Sudoku, the outside number gives the number of cells for which one should be adding the digits so that the sum is greater than or equal to 21. For example if the outside number is 5, then we should be adding first five digits in that direction to get the sum just above 21. It means that if outside number is 5 and we add first 4 numbers then the sum will be less than 21. Do let me know if something is still not clear?