KenKen News – Will Shortz Adds Puzzle to Daily New York Times Puzzle Page
The New York Times has added KenKen to its Puzzle Page, next to their crossword puzzle, and publish it daily Monday-Saturday. This puzzle launch is accompanied by an article by the NYTimes Puzzle Editor, Will Shortz. Here are some excerpts from Will’s article: “KenKen, which starts in The New York Times today next to the [...]
KenKen Comments by Stephen Shankland – a Review by a Cnet Writer
NOTE: Stephen Shankland joined CNET News in 1998 and contributes articles to cnet.com on a wide variety of technology topics. The following are excerpts from his article about KenKen: “Happily, just as I was getting disillusioned with Kakuro, KenKen stepped into my life. It arrived in the form of a book–a review copy of Will [...]
KenKen Conundrum – How Many Possible Puzzles Are There?
On the way to school yesterday an interesting question occurred to me. How many ways are there to arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in a 4×4 grid according to KenKen rules? After driving a few more miles, I came up with “the answer” of 288. I shared this with my first class of [...]
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