#815, February 1 - February 7:
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WARNING: This is the Weekly 'Extreme' Str8ts. Only attempt this puzzle if you have time and patience. Using the solver will not help you. (much). |
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Oct 18th 2024
The solver can now handle Str8ts variants. Yay! The solver button on the player will now pass an appropriate parameter.
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Archive Since there has been interesting strategy discussion on these puzzles and by popular request, I have opened an archive on the last thirty weeks. The discussion section is open for continued posting. All Access Supporters can load all puzzles from number 1. Share and Enjoy Puzzles 1 to 250 are available as Puzzle Packs, just $5.49. |
Discussion...
- 43' hi/lo guess E1 (seemed the only good place to start) and one confirmational setti. Rest was quick logic.- ttbass
- 44 min - habe aber leider ausversehen den Tipp mit E1 gesehen :(- FlorianW
- 33 Min. E1 is the key, Setti #4 the final solution- Joe Reitzl
- Ohne Hilfe, recht schwer. Zuerst E1 gut geraten (ja, hier hätte es gestanden) und später nochmals Zeile E hi/lo gut geraten. ca. 1 Std.- b*k*
- 41 min- relijo
- CE and Setti. Nice and medium easy.
- straddict
- Needed two chains, n/s, n/h, n/KI.- H.E.
- 20 min - nice - Thea
- Setti on 4 was the key for me. Very careful elimination, settis and a long chain.- Solver_2
- E1=9 führte in den Irrweg. 2h. Dann E1 low. Zwei Settis, halbe Stunde. Interessantes Rätsel. Danke.- S. Walt
- 53'. Lots of careful elimination in the lower left, and finally a small chain to prove F6 could not be the low value. - Maven
- bestimmt 2 stunden, ich fands sehr schwer. wie gelöst ? also ich gebs zu,nur mit viel glück und raten.- dersoloist
- 43 min - aber nur mit dem E1-Hinweis- Rot
- Fred, this is a good suggestion from you! Hints that lead to a solution will be given not befor sunday evening- Susi
- I wish there was a str8ts website for condescending know-it-alls where they'd be among other geniuses and leave us mere mortals alone.- Amoena
- 20 min with E1 hint- Beate
- 75', only with the E1 help. Setti 4 and VCE. Danke!- barbara
- never ever read that list. boasting on a scripted success based on cheap hints while "decision" means guesswork or borrowed know-how 😂😂- web
- ~40' tough: needed h/l guess- optimator
- 48 with 1 hint. Very nice- Emma
- 35 min - nice!- Stef
- 29' - l.
- These early spoilers are very annoying because you can hardly ignore them and have it in your mind then.- jgrab
- 58 min. Thank you Ulla and bhk!- Amoena
- 25 min - lucky guess, then str8tforward- Susan
- Discussion left please. Precise hints (like Klaus sometimes does) as well. Here: What helped in general: x-wings, Seti, Hi/lo in- Greg
- with hint- chris1
- 39' - Only with a hi-lo guess in col 1 - how to solve it without hints?- COM
- @Susi: No, t hasn't been. But maybe there could be an agreeement, that sunday evening ist a right time to give such hints.- Fred
- CA of rG, rF and rE, then E1. Setti.- MrL
- 22min - aber nur dank Miss P und bhk!- humpti dumpti
- And as last week it had been enough to lay focus on E1 instead of giving soltion...- Susi
- 31min - Lucky guess on E5 solved- SisterZ
- 42’ Uff- Greg
- About 20 min, hint: 2 x no 1- Alfredo
- 31 min, E1 low helps- ulla
- early spoiler....not nice....don´t read the comments, if you want to use your own brain!- effchen
- after not many solved cells a hi/lo decision in E1 did the trick for me. 34 min- Alex
- Decision E1, low, then elimination and x-wings made it for me. About 1h- bhk
- 45min; had to guess/try a value on H3- puzzled
- 38 min - E1 h/l- Susi
- 25 mins. For me, row E was the key. Then some settis and careful elimination. Very nice.- Miss P
- A nice one !
BCA helps !- Jens