A Sudoku With No Digits At All!

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[@TrackpadProductions]

I think it says a lot about the types of puzzles Simon solves that _"The Sudoku With No Digits At All"_ doesn't really narrow it down.

[@williamnathanael412]

Especially since yesterday's puzzle also has no digits, not even letters.

[@CCFCArcher]

They're just running out of clickbait titles so reusing old ones

[@tesseralis]

Thanks for featuring my puzzle! Solved with aplomb, as always ^_^. The idea came since, like you, I noticed that numbered rooms was getting popular on the discord. For some reason, the first thought I had was "I wonder if I can make one without any concrete numbers" since, as the video title says, we all love puzzles without any given digits, even if they're on the outside of the grid. From there, I played around with the configurations and tried to see how far I could get, and I think it turned out well. Regarding the solve, the more formal way to prove A wasn't 4 or 6 is: if it was 4 or 6, then one of the clues at the bottom would be the other of 4 and 6, aka 10-A. But as you said, we already clued 10-A in box 8, which breaks the puzzle! Definitely the most subtle and hardest step of the puzzle but one I'm pretty proud of and I think is elegant.

[@maspleben]

Thank you, my brain hurts now, and I am supposed to go to bed... will watch some cats videos to soothe me.

[@emilywilliams3237]

This was fascinating to watch - thanks for sharing this puzzle with us all, tesseralis.

[@longwaytotipperary]

Elegantly mind blowing.

[@SpydersByte]

hats off to you, this puzzle was a true mindf*ck. I had suuuuccccchhhhh a hard time thinking of the value of each letter being different than the first number in their row or column >.< of course I also just suck at normal sudoku and even Simon struggled with this one so I shouldnt be surprised :D

[@jessevennard2640]

I really really enjoyed this. The logic felt very unique.

[@HunterJE]

50:59 Earlier on when Simon pencil marked 2 as a possibility for E without noticing that 2 and E are both in box 8 in different cells I figured "probably fine, he'll notice it once he narrows it down further," guess maybe not...

[@frankwales]

Yeah, especially when he whittled E down to either 2 or 7, I thought Simon _had_ to eventually spot the E and 2 rubbing pointy shoulders in box 8. But I was underestimating Simon's natural talent for finding Alternative Paths, as it were ;-)

[@k8giggles]

Why realize E can’t be 2, when it’s possible to realize F can’t be 7 😉

[@HunterJE]

@@frankwales Even after getting E down to 7 by other means he took a long time to fill it in that cell, I'm wondering if his scanning isn't quite keyed in to the new addition of letter marks just yet

[@sjm6280]

Indeed that E in r8c5 just above a 2 isn't substituted by 7 until the very end

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@sjm6280 When it got that late, I was hoping it would be his very lasy digit instead of 3rd to last.

[@HunterJE]

For some reason these index puzzles break my brain, I always try to draw conclusions then suddenly realize I'm mixing up the index and the indicated...

[@CrackingTheCryptic]

I'm glad I'm not the only one...!

[@longwaytotipperary]

same!

[@tesseralis]

don't feel bad, I mixed up the indices as well while setting! that's actually what the H and I clues are for -- I added them in afterwards in order to take 5 and 9 out of the possibilities, since before I had just assumed it

[@bobblebardsley]

26:17 Apologies if this happens in the 40 minutes of video I haven't yet seen, but given the letters B, C, D, E and G all rhyme with 'me', I'm quite excited about the prospect of Simon being able to put them in the corner.

[@BigAsciiHappyStar]

I'm still keeping an eye out for a cryptic crossword with a quadruple song with different letters rhyming with 'me' in all four corners🙂

[@dennisc3438]

It's so interesting to see Simon struggle so much with indexes and the actual values. For my job I work with arrays (and other indexed collection variables) all day every day, and the only hurdle was remembering that the letters outside the grid are the values being indexed and not the index itself. So I suppose being a software developer really makes these puzzles easier to understand.

[@57thorns]

At the same time that I am impressed how he solves it at all, the way Simon leaves deductions and indices less than half done makes it seem very much harder than it really is.

[@SpydersByte]

this entire thing was a mindf*ck for me because of that exact issue, I just couldnt separate the value of the letters being something other than the first number in their row or column. No way I wouldve solved this on my own, my mind kept bouncing between the two ideas

[@timothydoyle3380]

I never realized how enjoyable it could be to watch someone solve an amazing Sudoku puzzle while speaking in a British accent. It is extremely relaxing, engages the mind, and I feel like I can't get enough!

[@crashtextdummie]

I really love when a rule set both tickles and flummoxes Simon, which this puzzle accomplishes in style. Really not too difficult in terms of logic, just highly unusual, fresh and entertaining.

[@G4M1L]

Simon (pointing at the E in r8c5) at around 1:00:25 "I could have got E ages ago...": indeed, maybe longer than he thought, it had been there for about 10 minutes - since the moment the possible values for E had been reduced to 2 or 7 by the 46 pair in r6c19, it had to be a 7 because of the 2 in r9c5.

[@geminimaxxim]

"That's a 7 by... magic.," has got to be my favourite kind of sudoku logic

[@inspiringsand123]

Rules: 05:15 Let's Get Cracking: 07:22 Simon's time: 53m17s Puzzle Solved: 1:00:39 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Bobbins: 1x (24:44) Diddly Squat: 1x (42:46) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Ah: 16x (11:32, 11:32, 18:45, 22:15, 25:03, 25:03, 27:43, 28:43, 28:46, 31:26, 41:23, 47:23, 48:39, 54:55, 55:14, 55:26) By Sudoku: 10x (42:09, 42:15, 43:19, 49:24, 52:47, 57:49, 58:14, 58:53, 59:14, 1:00:04) Hang On: 10x (09:51, 10:02, 13:36, 16:14, 26:26, 29:31, 31:28, 40:36, 44:42, 53:51) Sorry: 8x (04:40, 05:03, 19:02, 19:11, 24:27, 42:03, 42:03, 49:43) In Fact: 7x (27:23, 27:27, 39:52, 47:46, 53:20, 1:01:50, 1:02:10) Good Grief: 6x (12:50, 12:55, 22:36, 32:58, 57:10, 1:00:41) Beautiful: 6x (41:28, 48:46, 55:26, 56:32, 1:01:44, 1:02:42) Pencil Mark/mark: 6x (10:40, 10:47, 27:17, 51:36, 51:41, 54:44) Wow: 5x (07:44, 29:38, 40:20, 58:00, 58:04) Nonsense: 4x (19:13, 20:53, 28:18, 50:18) Incredible: 4x (00:58, 02:41, 02:41, 1:02:36) Magnificent: 4x (01:05, 02:25, 04:24, 52:16) Lovely: 3x (41:41, 59:43, 1:01:46) Obviously: 3x (03:39, 04:05, 09:47) Symmetry: 3x (14:44, 14:48, 27:59) Goodness: 2x (36:38, 57:03) Clever: 2x (57:06, 1:01:52) I Have no Clue: 2x (07:10, 1:00:35) Brilliant: 2x (02:40, 05:08) Approachable: 2x (01:40, 01:53) Plonk: 2x (47:33, 49:11) Apologies: 1x (58:41) The Answer is: 1x (25:10) Extraordinary: 1x (00:23) Surely: 1x (48:11) Disappointing: 1x (54:34) Corollary: 1x (06:43) What Does This Mean?: 1x (16:06) Cake!: 1x (03:36) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Ten (22 mentions) Four (98 mentions) Orange (3 mentions) Antithesis Battles: High (2) - Low (0) Even (10) - Odd (1) Column (27) - Row (23) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!

[@vivishii_]

This comment is incredible and really made me giggle after a shitty day, thank you for your hard work 💜

[@Censeo]

@@vivishii_ the hard work was programming the bot to search for words and sentences. You will find it comments on all videos

[@vivishii_]

@@Censeo i’m not sure why you felt the need to tell me that when it doesn’t change anything, i can still thank them for the hard work of programming the bot, no? ;)

[@hotwheelsnholdem4873]

Simon's face when he's trying to figure out A, that's how I felt pretty much during the entire solve.

[@jordylont1879]

The letters make it look so complicated already. I’m excited to find out what it’s going to be about

[@oneeyedman4431]

Variant sodoku has entered a new era on this channel, amazing. Please keep bringing us this content

[@Alkex0]

I was worried you weren't going to get your mojo back after the virus until you pulled out that insane "10-A with the X clue" deduction. That came out of left field for me, had me actually laughing. Great work as always, Simon!

[@dicecupmerlin6756]

I'd been trying to break into this puzzle for a few million years, had to watch a bit of Simon's solve until he asked "where is A on row 5?" to get me anything at all! Thank you Simon

[@koegerli]

I would totally watch the cartoon "The Adventures of Pencil Mark & Simple Simon" ☺️

[@longwaytotipperary]

ditto 😄

[@afrayedknot81]

For the longest time there was an E and a 2 in separate cells within b8. Great solve and great puzzle though!

[@crystalgehrt8861]

I took so so so long to do this puzzle. I kept messing up and backtracking. When I finished, I just sat there stunned and said, "I... think... I... did it?" and then watched Simon's solve to celebrate. I loved Simon's heartfelt WAHOO! ❤

[@srwapo]

I like that updated your example to fix the error in the column, but happened to put it in a row with two Es and had the same error as before in the row!

[@swatea32]

Simply brainbusting stuff, I had a great time watching your solve Simon. Kudos to tesseralis for a great piece! All the novel stuff I can really offer from myself is that, at 21:30, I deduced the 9 in R9C1 differently. We know that the cells in C1+C9 add up to 90. We also know R2C1+R2C9=10, R3C1+R3C9=10, etc. for 7 lots of 10. Therefore, we find that removing these cells (sum 70) from C1+C9 (sum 90) gives us that the puzzle corners add up to 20, and so the R9C1 is 9 as we already have the other three corners.

[@videogamersEU]

I did not use math. Just because 1 was taken in C9, it 9 had to be one with the number already fixed in C9. And R9 was the only place in C1.

[@ICHTUES]

With this puzzle, Simon is ready for that very cool numbered room / x-sum puzzle of udukos. I'm sure it will make it on the channel!

[@Pathogenus]

literally solved it few minutes ago and indeed it was a fun adventure

[@CrackingTheCryptic]

Yes this has been recommended to us too :)

[@KNT_awesome12345]

@@CrackingTheCryptic Interestingly- i did this puzzle by tesseralis as a “warm up” for udukos’ numbered rooms/x-sum… and tesseralis’ ended up taking me double the time!

[@chipsounder4633]

This was absolutely fantastic, i was keeping up with the logic and even foreshadowing at times, favourite is an understatement. This needs to be shared then shared again❤️

[@glum_hippo]

The app recognized that your answer is correct because the puzzle had been coded in with a built-in solution. But I agree: Sven is indeed a genius. Beautiful video of a wonderful solve of an amazing puzzle!

[@Lanibug_111]

I’m a 15 year old girl. Why do I actually love this channel😂

[@GA-ft5cs]

Wow, what a solve. Thank you Simon and Mark, for your channel, it has kept me going through the last few years, with all the covid. This is something on another level though. Alan Turing would have been awestruck at this. This is Da Vinci Code on steroids as well. Superb solve Simon. Thank you to you and Mark for all your content, it has made more people's day than you know.

[@stefano5634]

That poor E in R8C5 being ignored for 20 minutes 😞

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

Box 8 gave Simon an E _right next to a 2_ , yet he did not notice it, and kept questioning if E could be 2... That was driving me nuts...

[@dertigerbauch]

I'm always very excited and annoyed at the same time. Excited when you brake into the puzzle, annoyed when you miss the obvious things for minutes. The exciting part is always stronger, so I won't miss the next video 🍀 Thank you for the daily entertainment, great content

[@robertafain3220]

You talking about the E in the 8th box lingering there for like twenty minutes? 👀

[@blakerobinson4198]

E CAN'T BE 2!!!!! Hahaha. At 41:00 Simon pencil marked 2 into the tracker on the right, and it couldn't be 2 due to it being limited by R5C9. I was yelling at my screen for 13 minutes until it was penciled in at 54:00, and the kicker is, Simon used logic regarding F to solve for E, not realizing that E could have been solved long before F. I love these solves, so many different approaches :)

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

Just woke up from a nap to see this got a feature, I'm very excited, it's one of my favourite ever puzzles from my favourite KZbin channel!

[@hockeyhacker97]

51:04... How long is it going to take him to notice that E can not be 2 because then E would have to be both 2 and 1 at the same time due to R5C9.

[@emilywilliams3237]

You said several times that it is doing in your head - I felt that way, too, even just watching you! I think that in some ways this is one of the most difficult puzzles that I have seen on this channel in a long while ... amazing, Simon. This is a fascinating puzzle, and what a great video. Thank you so much!

[@Similacrest]

I don't normally solve harder puzzles, but I've managed to solve this one as I love indexes and thus it was not so hard for me. Thanks for featuring it!

[@johnsouza4391]

For programmers, this puzzle is a sort by index (location) not sort by value. Always messes with your head...

[@GioPanStudios]

Just brilliant. Most fun solve in ages.

[@muferguson]

Got the corners then stared for an hour, got some of the A's then gave up and watched the video. Great solve!

[@KinkyTurtle]

Started this puzzle. Realized I'd made a fatal mistake somewhere. Started over. Got stuck. Checked the video for hints. Found Simon getting more confused than me about the whole "first digit isn't the letter, first digit shows where the digit that is the letter goes" thing. Tried harder to solve it on my own. Finally succeeded! So, yay I get to feel smart, but WOW this is a brain-bending puzzle. ...I think starting over gave me enough practice to pull myself out of the pit of confusion.

[@th.nd.r]

Incredible setting and solving here, two worldies in a row! This ruleset provides a very unique experience. I can’t blame ya too hard for missing things Simon, I don’t have my head fully wrapped around numbered rooms yet myself, you did brilliantly!

[@johnh2052]

At 37:00, the easier way to see that A can't be 6 is by looking at the possible positions for E in column 5. You can't put an E into the 6th position because it would be in the center of the two Es to either side of the grid. That logic is available from the moment you figure out that A is even.

[@kadlerio]

Yep, I noticed that too.

[@ImaginaryMdA]

Simon, this was brilliant. Super difficult puzzle!

[@zirco77]

For some reason, that reminds me of - Who is number One? - You are number Six.

[@ricmndy1]

The first thing I noticed right off the bat is that the end numbers in the rows 2-8 had to add to 10 since they were the same number so the Nths had to add to a specific number to make it follow sudoku

[@chitraagarwal8259]

Simply amazing puzzle! And an absolutely wonderful job by Simon. The reason why we love watching these long videos is not just coz of the logic but just to admire and be inspired by your determination. Some days you get a brilliant brainwave but on thers like today you just dig in and go for it. Thats my biggest takeaway from this channel... that no matter how complex a problem may seem it can be solved if you are patient enough and most importantly keeping good humor throughout. Thank you for being an awesome mentor for "how not to lose it"

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

Thank you for the constant entertainment!

[@OlafDoschke]

The only colouring pointed out E is 2nd position from the bottom, so it never could have been 2. The 46 disambiguation also didn't need to happen in column 3, for me an important other disambiguation happened in column 9. Likely because E=7 was knowable much earlier. More important, though, this was really a great puzzle, as always.

[@hockeyhacker97]

32:40... "Does absolutely nothing"... other then the fast it sorts out your 3/7 in column 2 due to the fact you now know A can not be in C2R7

[@OgotuMusic]

50:30 one of the most hilarious moments for me on the channel. brilliant

[@Gonzalo_Garcia_]

61:32 for me. Wow what an incredible puzzle. This ruleset really messed with my mind, I haven’t been this confused solving a sudoku in a while. It took me specially long to find one of the steps (the one about where A goes in row 5), but I’m just happy that I eventually managed to solve it this time. Really hoping to see this ruleset again to find out if I can do better next time!

[@insectbah]

It's so hard for me to get my head around puzzles where each number has a letter, but they're one of my favorites to watch! (Add to that my difficulty with not getting the rules of numbered rooms mixed up, and this was quite an exercise for me to just to follow along!)

[@Orenotter]

I put you on at 1,25 speed because I just had to see you solve this before I leave for work, which I'm doing now. Ta ta!

[@yuikol14]

That last E was driving me crazy lol

[@Coyotek4]

58:05 ... just another astounding sudoku Incredible puzzle!

[@markp7262]

52:08 finish. Phenomenal logic on this one. It started off slowly, and then ramped up in the middle, leading to an ending that felt like such an accomplishment to finish.

[@maverickstclare3756]

35:00 would be so much easier if you noticed E in R9C5 can't be a 4 because that would put E in R6C5 which is flanked by two Es, requiring two 5s in that row - but we know Simon sometimes wears the complicators gloves. Like a dog with a bone he won't give up that train of thought and attack elsewhere. It's why I love watching.

[@nekogod]

For most of this E could not have been 2 which would have helped quite a bit.

[@_-_-Sipita-_-_]

42:31 for me. really liked this cryptic sudoku.

[@gingerscholar152]

it would have been a brilliant troll if the letters turned out to be A-1, B-2, etc

[@MadTamB]

Once you knew the value of I then H was immediately obvious as A-G couldn't be 5.

[@shystudyspy]

This one is extremely difficult to wrap my head around! Good job!

[@robertafain3220]

Whenever I watch you resolving something I feel like I get smarter 🥰

[@redpanda9060]

If I was that E, I would feel like the most useless and underappreciated pencil mark in the whole world. You know which one I'm talking about. :P

[@sneakyspy103]

“If F is 2 then E is 7” ignoring the fact E has seen a 2 and couldn’t be to for like the past 30 minutes

[@zorandrndarevic1444]

Indexing masterpiece! Top!

[@ivanzivkovic7572]

73:01, pretty fun puzzle, also seems like there should be a lot of space for interesting puzzles in this ruleset

[@BrizzitHQ]

“If you’re watching this video then you must love pencil puzzles” Me nodding having never completed a single sudoku in my life.

[@jamestimberlake7762]

20:57 That's D in the corner.

[@philwheatley5057]

I finished in 48 dead. Very proud of that! I really think colour coding the indexing helps visualise it a LOT

[@PeterCooperUK]

A lot of you share your solve times. I’m not that smart. I’m sharing how long I took to try and figure out the way into the puzzle before giving up and watching Simon instead: 24 minutes

[@livesolhaug]

The E in box 8 staring at Simon for like half an hour (seeing a 2 in its row): 👁👄👁

[@G4M1L]

Quite a fascinating puzzle. Got the 159 opening without too many problems, and A down to 4 or 8 soon as well, but somehow i didn't see it couldn't be 4 either. Once past that point with help of the video, it solved very nicely. Not exactly breezing through it from then immediately, but definitely with increasing speed and smoothness.

[@Ari666Dei]

excited for this one simon!!

[@Ulija100]

Wow, this took me over two hours, but was determined to finish it. My brain just won't do anything intuitively with numbered rooms, just have to stare and say the logic out loud. Makes it intruiging though.

[@stevesebzda570]

Don't be too hard [or disappointed] in that 7-8 pair in box5, Simon. [Because he was dismayed a little] I was keeping track of what that X ten sum could be. [It couldn't be a 2x8 because of the 2-8 in col5 -- and it couldn't be a 6×4 because of "C (a 46)" in that row ] And, NOW, it can't be a 7×3 [making it a 1x9]. That's what that did, Simon. So don't be too hard on the 78 . Good job. [And good puzzle -- even though it was a little difficult getting my head around ] I penciled in along the columns [and in that extra grey region]. Wish You would do that sometimes [But you hold things in your head ]. That "78" DETERMINED that "X ten" clue though. CHEERS 😂😎☕☕ [[Edit : @54:05 or so lol]]

[@SneakyFatKid7]

I found it harder to follow the small center pencil marks when Simon knew what letter a cell was. I would have expected him to use the large letter and then replace with the number once it was found or to use coloring in the same way he uses it in other puzzles for cells he knows are the same but doesnt know their value.

[@RichSmith77]

I entered large letters during my solve, when known for a cell, and like you, was at first surprised Simon didn't. But watching the video, I saw there was a definite advantage to the way Simon used centre pencilmarks for letters. For example, when r2c2 became known to be C, and C was 4 or 6, the only way to denote both pieces of information was to use small centre pencilmarks of "46C". Using a large C gave no option to denote 4 or 6 in the cell as well.

[@SneakyFatKid7]

@@RichSmith77 It was in those times I especially wished he would use color instead if he wanted to have both. Also that is the whole point of the grey box to the right to track possibilities for letters. He missed that E couldnt be 2 because of box 8 and I am pretty sure he never registered the E center mark afterwards

[@mikailvandartel]

I'm pretty sure you could eliminate A being 6 by seeing that it would place E in r6c5, but that's not possible, because there's an E clue on either side of r6, so E could never be in c5 in r6, meaning A could never be 6

[@piarittersporn]

A very interesting and exciting puzzle. Although I had to delete many things again and again because I kept confusing the position with the value of a letter, I was able to solve it with great enthusiasm. However, it took me twice as long as Simon.

[@gobsvensen]

I screwed this one up about 3/4 the way through and restarted. Was such a better puzzle the second time when I didn't keep confusing the indexes and the Letter values. Eliminated the A from being 6 the first time, because it puts the E in r6c5 which breaks the row indexing. On the second go, spotted the easy way to eliminate the 4. If A is 4, r9c5 is 6, and the A is forced into either r6c4 or r6c6, both of which would need a 4 to index the 4. This was a brilliant puzzle once the frustrations of confusion stopped and I could actually think things through properly.

[@Hephaestus_God]

took me an hour to figue out the middle column E with the 2'as around it trick. Which made the Bottom E a 2. Without that It was pretty much impossible to move on I think

[@jimvanhaaften7465]

Since he put the pencil mark for what E might be "E is not a 2 Simon", initially resigned/exasperated with it steadily getting louder and more aggressive in my imagination.

[@ericpraline1302]

What a clever puzzle, Lord knows how setters construct these puzzles and keep juggling all the plates. This kept messing with my head and I only had to worry about solving it.

[@yadiracamacho499]

When I noticed that he pencil marked the E as possibly a 2, with that big 2 right next to it, I just told myself it probably wouldn't matter, because the little stuff that I notice and Simon doesn't rarely matter that much for the solve. But then he kept repeating it could be 2 or 7... no, it can't 😭 lol, this was a great solve, no way I could have done it on my own

[@harmonicaveronica]

37:26 you can figure out much earlier on that A can't be six, because that would put E in box 5 of row 6... Which can't happen because that would require 5 to show up twice in row 6

[@steve470]

64:42 for me. Yeah, that one hurt my brain a bit too. Still really enjoyable, though.

[@longwaytotipperary]

I didn't get a notification about the pencil puzzles - I wonder why? I do see it on your channel site. hmmm. Will definitely watch it.

[@lewsouth1539]

"Yet Another Sudoku With No Digits At All!" There, I fixed it for you.

[@littlebreadlive6232]

Time to watch this for the entirety of meal time

[@oneeyedman4431]

Amazing as always, can’t wait until the next one 😁

[@zach31194]

Anyone else shouting for like 20 mins about E not being able to be 2 because of r9c5 and then he solves it by finding F?

[@bubbl3guy213]

The thumbnail looks like a cipher what kind of time am I about to be in for

[@robert-skibelo]

40:53 -- No, 2 is *not* one of the possibilities for E, because that would put two 2s in box 8. Simon never seemed to quite get the hang of this ruleset.

[@RichSmith77]

I'm not sure we can blame the ruleset for this. This was just stormtrooper scanning at its finest. I was kind or rooting for E in box 8 to be the last digit to be entered, the longer it went. Almost. 😂

[@robert-skibelo]

@@RichSmith77 True. Regardless of the ruleset Simon always seems to work in a bit of chaos construction.

[@Steev42]

That E in box 8...

[@logiciananimal]

On the check - I seem to remember that I saw a puzzle video somewhen that said something like "no solution provided" - is there a way to include the solution with the puzzle set up?

[@sanca4284]

IIRC one of the recent puzzles (the single line puzzle I think)had a solution and Simon mentioned a long url, so I think yes and the solution is stored in the url.

[@morganlouden3850]

I, like so many others, will quite often put these videos on when I am struggling to sleep. Sometimes Simon stays so still and so quiet that you think the video is paused. Let me tell you how concerning it was to be on the verge of sleep, in the middle of one of Simon's pauses and just hear "don't know" very softly whispered.... And to then open my eyes and see a statue still Simon for a few seconds before he moved. Scared the absolute bejeezus out of me, I thought I was hearing things 🤦

[@adagraves]

I got D, H, and I, and narrowed down A to 3 digits, but then hit a brick wall.

[@AngryViking234]

36:49 - very interesting and I'm surprised I parsed the logic so well.

[@SkillZgetKillZ]

Seems the link to the puzzle has failed on me. After taking a break it no longer works Edit: disregard, it took a few extra attempts

[@hockeyhacker97]

19:26... With where you are the question now is what can be 5 now? It can no be A,B,C,D,E,F, or G and with knowing I is 9 that therefore makes H 5, that is your next step which then makes the bottom left a 9

[@SpydersByte]

man this puzzle was a true headf*ck. Trying to separate the letters actually being a specific number instead of the number at the beginning of their row or column was incredibly hard for some reason

[@user-qo3qm7ud1d]

18:55 I is I. Fun thing ))) Or maybe it is from "Baba Is You" to fix I )))

[@ruokothyan7658]

rules: 5:16

[@luksi9602]

Honour