sudoku

• su doku

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͝odō'ko͞o, so͝odŏ'ko͞o, so͝odo͞o'ko͞o, IPA^(key): /sʊˈdəʊku/, /sʊˈdɒku/, /sʊˈduːku/, /sə-/, /suː-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, Canada) enPR: so͝odō'ku, so͝odŏ'ko͞o, so͝odo͞o'kō, so͝odo͞o'ko͞o, IPA^(key): /sʊˈdoʊku/, /sʊˈdɑku/, /sʊˈdukoʊ/, /sʊˈduku/, /sə-/, /su-/

Uncommon pronunciations, approximating Japanese pronunciation:

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͝o'dōko͞o, so͝o'dŏko͞o, so͝o'do͞oko͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈsʊdəʊku/, /ˈsʊdɒku/, /ˈsʊduːku/, /ˈsuː-/
• (US, Canada) enPR: so͝o'dōku, so͝o'dŏko͞o, so͝o'do͞okō, so͝o'do͞oko͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈsʊdoʊku/, /ˈsʊdɑku/, /ˈsʊdukoʊ/, /ˈsʊduku/, /ˈsu-/

sudoku (countable and uncountable, plural sudokus)

2. (games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

   Synonym: (US) Number Place

   • 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 October 2021:

     For Preston is the publishing director at Puzzler Media, which creates magazines filled with puzzles, including one called sudoku that has taken Britain by storm. […] The puzzles are widely available over the Internet because efforts to trademark the name in Britain have not been successful, and you can even download sudokus to mobile phones.

   • 2008, Jan Silvious, Smart Girls Think Twice: Making Wise Choices When It Counts, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 61:

     In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a 'time thief.

   • 2023 November 3, Siobhan Roberts, “What It Takes to Wear the Sudoku Crown”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 November 2023:

     The annual championship event comprises two days of Sudoku, followed by three days of other types of pencil-and-paper logic puzzles. Some of the Sudokus were classics: In a 9-by-9 grid, insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column or bolded 3-by-3 square region.

• Cross Sums
• hanjie
• hitori
• kakuro
• Latin square
• magic square
• masyu

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

sudoku n

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

sudoku

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

From Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudoku/, [ˈs̠udo̞ku]
• Rhymes: -udoku
• Syllabification^(key): su‧do‧ku
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧do‧ku

sudoku

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

• “sudoku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

• IPA^(key): /sy.dɔ.ky/, /su.dɔ.ku/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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sudoku m (plural sudokus)

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

• kakuro
• mot caché
• mots croisés

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

• IPA^(key): /su.do.ku/
• Hyphenation: su‧do‧ku

sudoku (plural sudoku-sudoku)

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

• “sudoku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

• IPA^(key): /suˈdo.ku/, /suˈdɔ.ku/
• Rhymes: -oku, -ɔku
• Hyphenation: su‧dó‧ku, su‧dò‧ku

sudoku m (invariable)

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

• sudoku in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

• IPA^(key): /suˈdɔ.ku/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔku
• Syllabification: su‧do‧ku

sudoku n (indeclinable)

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

• sudoku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sudoku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

• Hyphenation: su‧do‧ku

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

• “sudoku”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sudoku”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sudoku”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “sudoku”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

sudoku n (plural [please provide])

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

• IPA^(key): /suˈdoku/ [suˈð̞o.ku]
• Rhymes: -oku
• Syllabification: su‧do‧ku

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

2. (games) sudoku

• “sudoku”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

sudoku (definite accusative sudokuyu, plural sudokular)

2. (games) sudoku (a type of puzzle game)