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 VOLTA  3rd  CONGO  3rd  udoku (/suːːdoːkuː, -ːdːk-, sː-/; originally called

               Number Place) is a logic-based, combinatorial
 SENEGAL  4th  SENEGAL  4th  S number-placement puzzle. In classic Sudoku,


        the objective is to fill a 9 × 9 grid with digits so that each
        column, each row, and each of the nine 3 × 3 sub-grids
 SENIOR BOYS CATEGORY  that compose the grid (also called “boxes”, “blocks”, or

        “regions”) contains all the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle
 HOUSE  RANK  setter provides a partially completed grid, which for a

        well-posed puzzle has a single solution.
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 SENEGAL  2nd  French newspapers featured variations of the Sudo-
        ku puzzles in the 19th century, and the puzzle has ap-

 BENUE  3rd  peared  since  1979  in  puzzle  books  under  the  name
        Number Place. However, the modern Sudoku only be-
 VOLTA  4th  gan to gain widespread popularity in 1986 when it was
        published by the Japanese puzzle company Nikoli un-
        der the name Sudoku, meaning “single number”. It first
 FINAL STANDING  appeared in a U.S. newspaper, and then in The Times

        (London), in 2004, thanks to the efforts of Wayne Gould,

        who devised a computer program to rapidly produce
 HOUSE  RANK  unique puzzles.



 benue  1st  Sudoku is one of the most popular puzzle games of all
        time. The goal of Sudoku is to fill a 9×9 grid with num-
        bers so that each row, column, and 3×3 section con-
 congo  2nd  tains all the digits between 1 and 9. As a logic puzzle,
        Sudoku is also an excellent brain game. If you play Su-
        doku daily, you will soon start to see improvements in
 volta  3rd  your concentration and overall brain power.




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