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This Sudoku Puzzle has 60 steps and it is solved using Naked Single, Hidden Single, Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing), Naked Triple, Hidden Pair, undefined, Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming), Naked Pair, Full House techniques.
Naked Single
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Hidden Single
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Hidden Pair
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Locked Candidates
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Locked Candidates
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Full House
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Solution Steps:
- Row 7 / Column 2 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 3 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 2 → 7 (Hidden Single)
- Row 3 / Column 7 → 4 (Hidden Single)
- Row 5 / Column 1 → 7 (Hidden Single)
- Row 4 / Column 2 → 5 (Hidden Single)
- Row 4 / Column 5 → 8 (Hidden Single)
- Row 5 / Column 2 → 8 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 1 in b3 => r56c8<>1
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 2 in b9 => r5c9<>2
- Naked Triple: 1,3,4 in r6c389 => r6c456<>3, r6c456<>4, r6c56<>1
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 4 in b5 => r5c89<>4
- Hidden Pair: 5,7 in r16c4 => r1c4<>4, r16c4<>9
- Row 9 / Column 4 → 9 (Hidden Single)
- 2-String Kite: 2 in r3c6,r4c7 (connected by r2c7,r3c8) => r4c6<>2
- 2-String Kite: 3 in r3c6,r4c1 (connected by r2c1,r3c2) => r4c6<>3
- 2-String Kite: 3 in r4c4,r8c3 (connected by r4c1,r6c3) => r8c4<>3
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 3 in c4 => r5c56<>3
- Naked Pair: 2,4 in r8c49 => r8c5<>2, r8c5<>4
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 4 in b8 => r5c4<>4
- 2-String Kite: 6 in r5c9,r7c4 (connected by r7c8,r9c9) => r5c4<>6
- W-Wing: 1/6 in r4c6,r5c9 connected by 6 in r9c69 => r5c56<>1
- Row 5 / Column 9 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Row 6 / Column 9 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 8 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 9 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 9 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 8 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 4 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 3 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 1 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 3 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 2 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 2 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 4 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 5 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 2 / Column 1 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 1 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 4 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 6 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 8 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 8 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 7 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 7 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 6 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 8 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 2 / Column 8 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 4 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 5 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 6 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 6 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 5 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 5 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 6 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 5 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 5 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 4 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 6 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 6 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 4 → 7 (Full House)
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