Etymology

Futoshiki

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Today it means: A Japanese logic puzzle in which a grid must be filled with a set of numbers while obeying inequality constraints. Full definition →

Japanese 不等式
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from不等式“inequality”
  2. English todayFutoshiki

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

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