New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 4/23/2026

HAD POLE + SIX
10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x5 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in CLYDE + SIX (DYSLEXIC).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 4/22/2026

CLYDE + SIX
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in HEN LOT + SIX (XENOLITHS).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to Yesterday's Extra Paraprosdokian Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s extra set of Qudoku puzzle sets spelled out punnish (and perhaps punishing) wordplay known as a paraprosdokian. (It's my coffee cabinet's fault!)

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Extra Word Sudoku (Paraprosdokian Sudoku!) Puzzles for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

I gather each morning with friends at the local coffee shop to solve the world's problems (only to completely forget those obviously easy solutions before we each get back home). We laugh; we whine; sometimes we mourn those who leave us. So: We live, in easy companionship.

One member of this coffee cabinet, Scott, remembers jokes. Many jokes. Seemingly all jokes. I don't know how. He had me choking on my coffee yesterday morning, with a pun that fits right in with my weekend theme of paraprosdokians—jokes that start you off in one direction, and then make you double back and reconsider what you thought you heard.

Here's the joke, in two parts: The setup, and then the rejoinder, complete with (hopefully unexpected) twist. Enjoy!

FIDGET
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

BACKER
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

HYMN
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

PLOW
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote

SPYING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

COBALT
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

DRUM
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

THEW
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote

Solution tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 4/21/2026

HEN LOT + SIX
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in ET + IX (EXIT) and the 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in LEA + SIX (ALEXIS).

More puzzles in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 4/20/2026

ET + IX
4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x2 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells

LEA + SIX
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to the Sunday (Did you hear?) Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out a Did you hear? joke.

Did you hear about …

New puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

New Word Sudoku (Did you hear?) Puzzles for Sunday, 4/19/2026

Did you hear about the sandwich who went to the doctor? He visited the mayo clinic.

A Did you hear? joke is really a bad Dad joke in disguise. The badder, the better! Every other Sunday in 2026, I'll challenge you to groan even louder.

FABRIC
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

DEPUTY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

HOWL
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid

Did you hear about …

HEMP
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

KILT
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

GNAW
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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Solutions to the Saturday Paraprosdokian Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle sets spelled out wordplay known as a paraprosdokian.

The Sunday Challenge in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave