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Summary: Learn about the history of the puzzle with an understanding of the meaning of the word "Sudoku" from an expert in this free how-to video series on playing a Sudoku puzzle.
About the Expert
Gene Mortensen Gene has been an avid Sudoku puzzle solver ever since he discovered them two years ago. He does them every morning before he can move on to anything else. read more
Hi! I’m Gene and I’m going to talk to you today about the origin of the puzzle Sudoku, how the name got started. Sudoku the whole actual name is what I’m showing you now, I’m not sure I can begin to pronounce it. It essentially means numbers are limited to bachelor the translation that we have come to use the Sudoku means therefore single number. I’m not sure how you get from single number to the puzzle but that’s the literal translation.