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How do you tackle a sudoku puzzle? (lemmy.ml)

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When you first crack open a new sudoku puzzle, do you look at the rows or columns first? Or do you work in blocks? What's your strategy?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, there are a lot of techniques, mostly they are patterns that are quite easy to spot, so that you don't have to manually go through the logic each time. Basically on the form of If a number can't be here then it must be here, can't be here, and must be there, because of this this one cell that looks like it's detached from the rest can't be this. Very difficult to only explain in text, but here is a link to some of the most common ones, if you are interested, with images and examples:

X-wings especially: https://www.sudokuwiki.org/X_Wing_Strategy

general explanation https://www.sudokuwiki.org/Getting_Started look on the left side of the page for different techniques sorted by difficulty.

I also have a been the moderator of r/sudoku for years, where we usually help people out solving puzzles that they can't solve :) It's a lot of fun :)