Hidato
Encyclopedia
Hidato is a logic
puzzle
game invented by Dr. Gyora Benedek, an Israeli mathematician. The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
the smallest and the highest number are listed on the grid. There are more numbers on the board to help to direct the player how to start the solution and to ensure that Hidato has only a single solution. It is usually played on a square grid like Sudoku
or Kakuro but can also include irregular shaped grids like hearts, skulls, and so forth.
Hidato puzzles are published in newspapers such as the Daily Mail
and Detroit Free Press
.
Every Hidato puzzle has a unique solution that can be found by simple logic.
Logic
In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
puzzle
Puzzle
A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
game invented by Dr. Gyora Benedek, an Israeli mathematician. The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
About the puzzle
In every Hidato puzzlePuzzle
A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
the smallest and the highest number are listed on the grid. There are more numbers on the board to help to direct the player how to start the solution and to ensure that Hidato has only a single solution. It is usually played on a square grid like Sudoku
Sudoku
is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...
or Kakuro but can also include irregular shaped grids like hearts, skulls, and so forth.
Hidato puzzles are published in newspapers such as the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
and Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
.
Every Hidato puzzle has a unique solution that can be found by simple logic.