Tuesday, April 17, 2018

By Many Other Names - KenKen Clones


KenKen Puzzles can be found on the Internet under many different names, usually to avoid copyright infringement on the KenKen name.  The following list is found on the official Calcudoku Website:

Calcudoku, Newdoku, Rekendoku, MathDoku, Kashikoku-Naru, KenKen, Kendoku, Sumdoku, Calkuro, K-Doku, Keen, NekNek, CanCan, Square Wisdom, Emono, Minuplu, LatinCalc, Yukendo, ArithmeGrid, Hitoshii, Inky, SquareLogic, TomTom

Many sites provide an option for solving their puzzles online as well as printing out puzzles to solve:







Caludoku provides an excellent page on basic and advanced solving techniques:  


Calcudoku also provides an interesting online forum for players to discuss problems and exchange information:

Calcudoku Puzzle Forum 

The above forum contains an excellent thread on solving techniques: 

KenKen 6x6 Puzzles to Solve Without Scratch Paper

Lately I have been challenging myself to solve 6x6 puzzles without using scratch paper for factoring or other figuring.  Below is a link to ...