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2026-10-12 · Hard · Daily Sudoku Solution
This replay starts from the original givens and explains both placements and candidate eliminations. It is separate from your saved game and does not count as completing the puzzle. Use Before and After to inspect the evidence for each move.
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All ›This replay starts from the original givens and explains both placements and candidate eliminations. It is separate from your saved game and does not count as completing the puzzle. Use Before and After to inspect the evidence for each move.
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This walkthrough belongs to the date, difficulty and puzzle ID shown above. The original grid provides the starting conditions, and the technique summary reports this actual trace rather than a generic difficulty promise. The sample deduction below is taken from that verified trace.
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The interactive replay lets you inspect every before and after state in order. It includes candidate eliminations as well as placements. Reading the replay is separate from playing: it does not enter numbers into your current board or increase completion statistics.
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Techniques used in this puzzle
This is the 2026-10-12 Hard puzzle, ID sudoku-v1-hard-0504. Its 66 verified steps use the techniques below.
- Naked single: 48
- Hidden single: 9
- Locked candidates: 7
- Naked pair: 1
- Naked triple: 1
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Naked triple
Three cells (r1c6, r3c6, r6c6) share only three candidates (2, 6, 8) between them. They reserve those digits, which can be removed elsewhere in column 6.
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Purple cells give the evidence; a red cross marks a candidate this step can remove.
- Remove 2 from r4c6
- Remove 8 from r4c6
- Remove 2 from r7c6
- Remove 6 from r7c6
- Remove 8 from r7c6
- Remove 2 from r8c6
- Remove 6 from r8c6
- Remove 8 from r8c6
Board overview
View the whole grid first. Zoom in to read candidates and their coordinates.
2026-10-12 · Hard · sudoku-v1-hard-0504
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