KenKen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kenken"

English

Etymology

From Japanese 賢賢 (KenKen), reduplication of 賢 (ken).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛn.kɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Hyphenation: Ken‧Ken

Noun

KenKen (plural KenKens)

1. A Japanese math game that involves adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers in boxes.
   • 2009, Tetsuya Miyamoto, KenKen: The New Brain-training Puzzle Phenomenon:

     KenKen is the brilliant successor to Su Doku that's taken Japan by storm selling over one million copies in less than a year.

   • 2011, Parnell Hall, The KenKen Killings: A Puzzle Lady Mystery, page 85:

     Cora went through the whole explanation about solving KenKen.

   • 2013, Al Cuoco, Joseph Rotman, Learning Modern Algebra, page 56:

     The difficulty in solving a KenKen puzzle arises from there being too many ways to fill in each cage.

   • 2018, Robert Fuhrer, The Kenken Method - Puzzles For Beginners, page 15:

     Let's try some 4×4 KenKens using all four math operations!