Simply put Sudoku is a puzzle-solving endeavor that works with what appears to be a crossword puzzle. It uses a number system rather than words however. Based on logic you will be trying to fill a 9 x 9 grid with numbers between 1 and 9. Within the grid there will be 9 - 3 x 3 boxes. The

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Changing one letter in a word can sometimes alter the meaning so radically that it is almost shocking. Suddenly your google search takes you to a serious disease description of Rat-Bite Fever. Causes include Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus. The symptoms of the first (why spell that out again right?) include fever, rash, and arthralgias. Fever, rash and lymphadentitis are symptomatic to the second.

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Studying a little theory is a good idea. Join a discussion group of other Sudoku junkies. If you are beyond the point of viewing it as “just a game to pass the time” - and you are fairly fast then just as a great Chess player knows what move to make in response to his or her opponents last move - over time you will memorize by rote what worked and what didn’t.

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