Sudoku

The name Sudoku comes from the Japanese Sūji wa dokushin ni kagiru "the digits are limited to one occurrence," reflecting the rule that each digit must appear once in each row, column and sub-square.

The Numbers Game Keith Devlin 2012

Sudoku is short for suji wa dokushin ni kagiru, which means "only single numbers allowed."

unknown title 2009

Sudoku is short for suji wa dokushin ni kagiru, which means "only single numbers allowed."

unknown title 2009

Sudoku is short for suji wa dokushin ni kagiru, which means "only single numbers allowed."

Daily news 2008

Sudoku is a well loved game which requires maths skills.

Unacceptable Amounts of People in the UK Can not Read, Write or Count Properly « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009

Sudoku is more like Solitaire, which bores the pants off me.

Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives 2006

I think you must have hit an unlucky time, Augie, because I check bookstores (in airports and not) fairly often for puzzle magazines and never have trouble finding crossword mags (though Sudoku is clearly the new hotness).

Dearth of Crosswords 2006

I'm mathematically challenged, so I can't explain Sudoku to you -- only that it's the biggest craze since crossword puzzles and mahjohnn.

An Angeleno’s Ultimate Literary Workout: LAT Festival of Books Part II 2006

If you search the word Sudoku on Google ™, you will get over 70 million hits.

AvaxHome RSS: kibitzer 2009

I was getting it out anyway for the Sudoku, which is the only reason I pick up the papers anyway, but this grated and offended me, and I couldn't let it be.

An important lesson for us all 2007