Will Shortz is to puzzles what Oprah is to books — an endorsement by the New York Times crossword editor is as good as gold. He helped popularize Sudoku in the U.S. and has sold more than 5 million ...

Sayonara, Sudoku. For a better-rounded puzzle that includes not just logic, but math, too, try KenKen. It's probably even good for you. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

The game, invented by a Japanese educator to teach students math, has caught on around the world since we first started running it in 2009. By Will Shortz Times Insider explains who we are and what we ...

You are powerless to stop KenKen. Perhaps the new Japanese arithmo-logical challenge, which debuted in the New York Times on Feb. 8, will burrow into your brain on account of a significant other, who ...

Who says education can't be a lot of fun? There's a growing movement in classrooms to play the KenKen arithmetic logic puzzles invented by a Japanese math teacher named Tetsuya Miyamoto. The game, ...

As a gamer and a math teacher, I am often asked which game is the most educational and entertaining. Many are surprised to hear that Sudoku is not my first choice. Hands down, KenKen puzzles are my ...

<i>The New York Times</i> offers modest-sized KenKen puzzles, but Sudoku fans looking for a larger-scale challenge now have a new online option. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Today the Globe and Mail introduces to its pages the super-addictive puzzle KenKen, a Japanese-born creation that's being touted as the "new Sudoku" by the august British daily The Times. KenKen ...

Tulsa World Scene has added two popular puzzles to our section. KenKen has been likened to Sudoku, and is part logic, part math. Also new to our comics page, 7 Little Words should be a hit with ...