sudoku

logic-based number-placement puzzle
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sudoku
Tim Stellmach · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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sudoku

Summary

sudoku is a logic puzzle[1]. sudoku ranks in the top 6% of logic_puzzle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,078 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sudoku is credited with the discovery of Howard Garns[3].
  • sudoku's instance of is recorded as logic puzzle[4].
  • sudoku's instance of is recorded as mind sport[5].
  • sudoku's instance of is recorded as riddle[6].
  • sudoku's instance of is recorded as hobby[7].
  • sudoku's genre is puzzle[8].
  • sudoku's based on is recorded as Latin square[9].
  • sudoku is a type of Pencil puzzle[10].
  • sudoku is a type of mind sport[11].
  • sudoku's Commons category is recorded as Sudoku[12].
  • sudoku was released on 1979[13].
  • sudoku's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sudoku[14].
  • sudoku's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/sudoku[15].
  • sudoku's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[16].
  • sudoku's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[17].
  • sudoku's different from is recorded as Kaodoku[18].
  • sudoku's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • sudoku's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].
  • sudoku's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16615'}[21].

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Works and Contributions

sudoku is credited with the discovery of Howard Garns[3].

Why It Matters

sudoku ranks in the top 6% of logic_puzzle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,078 views/month).[2] sudoku has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] sudoku is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → logic puzzle, mind sport, riddle +1
    Subclass of → Pencil puzzle, mind sport
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 2401, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Sudoku`"
  2. 14w ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → logic puzzle, mind sport, riddle +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q11337542]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0224399-sudoku
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0224399-sudoku, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 20w ago · CupIvan · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Minimum number of players → {'amount': '+1'}
    Maximum number of players → {'amount': '+1'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1872]]: 1"
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