In his book “The Puzzle Instinct,” author Marcel Danesi, discusses the similarities between human inclination towards mystery and laughter instinct. Like, most of the times we do not know why we laugh, we also do not know why we love solving puzzles.
Kakuro puzzle is a blend of both crossword and sudoku puzzles. Like crossword you have to solve it, but like sudoku you need logic to solve kakuro puzzles and fill the spaces with appropriate numbers from 1-9.
In kakuro grid there are horizontal and vertical groups of empty blocks. And they come with a “clue,” which is a number. The key to solving the puzzle is to fill in each group with numbers that add up to the clue number. But there is a catch, you can’t repeat the same number. If the clue is 6, You can’t fill the boxes with 3 and 3. You need to use 4 and 2, or 1 and 5.
The Kakuro puzzle holds a cross cultural appeal, because it appeared in 1950 for the first time. And it was published by Canadian Jame.E Funk. The crossword was published in Dell Magazine.
Completing the puzzle requires logic. Once you have your hands on the clue you can list the possible sets that solve the clue . That’s the first step. Next is pointing out the intersecting clues. This way you can determine which combination will be a common solution for both sets.
No matter the of amount tricks and tips you read, you can only improve from practicing the game. Kakuro puzzle may seem daunting, and at times purely mathematical. But it’s all about sound logic.
