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futoshiki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fu-toshi-ki
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Japanese logic puzzle in which a grid must be filled with a set of numbers while obeying inequality constraints.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 不等式 (futōshiki, “inequality”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does futoshiki mean?
A Japanese logic puzzle in which a grid must be filled with a set of numbers while obeying inequality constraints.
Where does futoshiki come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce futoshiki

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