Tool/Solver to resolve Sudoku16x16. Hexadoku is a variant of classical Sudoku, also called giant sudoku, of size 16 by 16, with inner squares of 4x4. It can be filled with letters of hexadecimal characters.
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Hexadoku (Sudoku 16x16) Solver
Solve a Hexadoku grid
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is Hexadoku? (Definition)
Hexadoku (or 16x16 Sudoku) is an advanced variation of the famous logic game Sudoku. It is played on a 16x16 grid, divided into 16 4x4 regions. The objective is to fill all the boxes with numbers or letters so that each row, each column, each region (sub-grid of 4x4 boxes) contains them all without repetition.
How to fill the Hexadoku 16x16 grid?
There are 3 main types of notation for the 16 characters inside the hexasudoku grids.
— 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F,G: the usual sudoku numbers (from 1 to 9) followed by the first letters of the alphabet.
— 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F: hexadecimal digits (base 16)
— A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P: the first 16 letters of the alphabet (variant letters can be used to guess words)
dCode allows all alphanumeric characters, both the letters A-Z and the numbers 0-9. On the other hand, the numbers 10,11,12,13,14,15,16 are prohibited, replace them with letters if necessary.
It is possible to copy and paste and/or directly type the values in the boxes (space for empty).
Example: Copy the content in the first cell 89 4 3 1 DA2 6 DA B E 5C 8 1CF 5 EB 6 4 32 AC 9 4 1 A 4 6 E7 8 E 6 5 7 0F4 6 7C 9 D87 E 6 5A 2 08 5 E F 45 2FA 8369 D A3720 F A D5 C 4 1D04 AF C E8 B C1 to get:
| 8 | 9 | ␣ | 4 | ␣ | 3 | ␣ | 1 | ␣ | D | A | 2 | ␣ | 6 | ␣ | ␣ |
| ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | D | A | ␣ | ␣ | B | ␣ | E | ␣ | 5 | C | ␣ | ␣ | 8 |
| ␣ | ␣ | 1 | C | F | ␣ | 5 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | E | B | ␣ | ␣ |
| 6 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 4 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 3 | 2 | ␣ | A |
| C | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 9 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 4 | ␣ | 1 | ␣ | ␣ | A | ␣ |
| ␣ | 4 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 6 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | E |
| 7 | ␣ | 8 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | E | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 6 | ␣ | ␣ | 5 |
| ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 7 | ␣ | 0 | F | 4 | ␣ |
| ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 6 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 7 | C | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 9 | ␣ | ␣ |
| D | 8 | 7 | ␣ | ␣ | E | ␣ | 6 | ␣ | ␣ | 5 | A | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ |
| ␣ | ␣ | 2 | ␣ | 0 | 8 | ␣ | 5 | ␣ | ␣ | E | ␣ | F | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ |
| 4 | 5 | ␣ | ␣ | 2 | F | A | ␣ | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ␣ | ␣ | D | ␣ |
| ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | A | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | F |
| ␣ | ␣ | A | ␣ | D | 5 | ␣ | C | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | 4 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ |
| ␣ | 1 | D | 0 | 4 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | A | F | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | C | ␣ |
| ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | E | 8 | ␣ | B | ␣ | C | 1 | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ | ␣ |
How does the step by step works?
The Sudoku 16*16 solver solves the hexadoku / hexasudoku /hexa-wordoku grid by following logical deductions (similar to a human) and displays the steps of its progress.
The explanations are detailed and deducted for the content of rows, columns or blocks.
Sometimes no immediate logical solution can be found for a cell, the solver tries a value in the cell and continues until an inconsistency happens. If the solver find a problem it comes back to previous steps (these steps are not displayed). If there are none, then the solution is shown, there may be many possible solutions.
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