# Ought puzzles (like sudoku) have only 1 solution? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-puzzles-like-sudoku-have-only-1-solution/1016037 **Category:** The Game Room **Created:** [March 24, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-puzzles-like-sudoku-have-only-1-solution/1016037 "2025-03-24T15:21:56Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 16
### Author: ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport) #### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-puzzles-like-sudoku-have-only-1-solution/1016037/16 "2025-03-24T21:48:19Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is it only for sudokus It’s mostly “variant sudoku”, which are sudokus with all kinds of interesting and complicated rules. Rarely do they do a straight up sudoku anymore. One of the two vloggers does the Sunday Times (of London) crossword, which is a puns-and-anagrams type of crossword. The other one does Heardle in a Minute. Sometimes, they will solve other puzzles, like nurikabe, but it’s 90% variant sudoku. I learned about the channel on this Board, in this thread: > [@The Miracle Sudoku: 'the most riveting video I’ve seen all year'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-miracle-sudoku-the-most-riveting-video-i-ve-seen-all-year/854306): > > I never thought I could ever watch a full 25 minute video of a guy solving a sudoku puzzle… but I watched the whole thing right through without my attention wandering for a moment, and it seemed like 5 min. Article: [Puzzled man solving ‘miracle’ sudoku becomes YouTube sensation](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/22/cracking-the-cryptic-puzzled-uk-men-become-internet-sensation-with-sudoku-channel) Video: [The Miracle Sudoku](https://youtu.be/yKf9aUIxdb4) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-puzzles-like-sudoku-have-only-1-solution/1016037)._