The Official Book of Wordoku: Sudoku Puzzles for Word Lovers

by Frank Longo

There's something new on the sudoku scene--and it's bound to capture the attention of word lovers. "Wordoku" follows the same basic principles as sudoku, except that solvers fill the grid with nine "letters." Under each grid, the letters for that puzzle appear, in a pronounceable anagram. Then, just like the original, you have to arrange them so that every letter appears in every column, every row, and every 3x3 box just one time: anyone, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402736681
• ISBN13: 9781402736681
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The Official Book of Wordoku

I bought this for my cousin who loves doing crossword puzzles and sudoku. Sudoku was challenging enough for her, but wordoku is a beast. She loves the mental motivation.

new puzzle

I love the new type of puzzle called Wordoko--I had gotten bored with Suduko & was looking for something different & found it in Worduko.

Adds sense of accomplishment to Sudoku

I thought Sudoku was a little boring before I got this book. When you are done, all you had was a grid of numbers. With Wordoku, you discover the solution to a jumbled word. The nine letters are given in an order that makes them easy to remember, but still very difficult to guess the word upfront. There are a variety of difficulty levels, including the last 10 puzzles where only 8 of the letters are given, so you can't really guess the word until you solve the puzzle. I definately recommend to Sudoku and word puzzle lovers. It's very addictive and a great way to take a break or pass time on a flight, etc. My only complaint is that they haven't come out with Wordoku 2 yet, so I'm forced to print more puzzles off the internet instead.

Pretty Good

I got into playing Sudoku puzzles a few months ago, and I have to say that it's addicting! Every night now I find myself doing at least one puzzle - it's hard to put them down! This particular book combines Sudoku with word puzzles. So, instead of filling the grids with the numbers 1 through 9, you're filling the grids in with specific letters - and, when you're done, you get to try to solve the anagram of the letters given by finding that 9 letter word within the grid. In case you haven't played Sudoku before, it's a numbers (in this case letters) logic puzzle. You're given a 9x9 grid, and you have to determine which numbers/letters go into which square within the smaller 3x3 grid, and then again within the larger 9x9 grid. Each letter/number can only be used once within each square, row and column. You do this by working off of the few answers given - deducing the correct answers along the way. The reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is that each puzzle has a different set of letters to work with - so every time you do a new puzzle, you have to memorize the letters that are being used. I found that it helps if I try to solve the anagram first - that way I only have to remember that one word as I work through solving the puzzle. Overall, I found it to be a fun twist to the traditional Sudoku. So, if you like this type of logic puzzle, you may want to give this a try.