Common Techniques

Some common solving techniques used by human players. (Ref)

Nishio

Nishio is a guesswork technique. (Kind of slow)

Exact Cover

Remodels the puzzle into an Exact Cover problem.

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Presets
  • 970304065020506080000000000005802900002040300008705100000000000060208030840109027
  • 098500200100000004050000030002643100000908000007152600070000080200000007006001520
  • 302070504000000000006254000090000600008965100005000020000197800000000000507080206
  • 005401600000060000094007020370020040000010000010040056050800260000090000002306900
  • 015400670000701000000030500001805400080000050002603700003080000000309000067002130
  • 000041000060000200000000000320600000000050041700000000000200300048000000501000000
  • 002090300805000000100000000090060040000000058000000001070000200300500000000100000
  • 080004060002000009760000012000806000800000003000107000670005041100000700050900020
  • 050807030002906500000050000045000070079020460020000350000090000001504700090103080
  • 000904000790000024800200001080451030000000000070369040200007003410000062000506000
  • 000000000820601074100304006510000063000050000940000025200809001630102059000000000
  • 043980250600425000200001094900004070300608000410209003820500000000040005534890710
  • 056070920070209065920536080609705032030090050500003091060357019095408070703900540
  • 006397000300128000980564037795231468243689571168475392030716020000053000600042703
  • 051070900928156347003980500297465003536010479814739625009520736062097054005640290
  • 060000053500030601003605200002509100900170802017328500001407320700090415040000060
  • 087030964964078100000496870040907056690350748070604019400803697809765400706049580
  • 058040160400000008003000900040309000300000005000401080004000700200000006095070810
  • 307009006000007000820000100050060001000354000700090060005000012000900000400200307
  • 060809010420010080100000002307000200000405000004000506200000009080070021040203060
  • 700000003003406900040580000207000006060000080400000209000017020001905700600000001
  • 060000920070230800000701000800000000005608400000000003000407000003015060092000040
  • 000000009600470000930000070004050000802000301000010600050000037000062008100000000
  • 900100004004030800053000090000708001010000030800603000020000070009040500500006003
  • 000000605000300090080004001040020970000000000031080060900600020010007000504000000
  • 100007090030020008009600500005300900010080002600004000300000010041000007007000300
  • 000000039000001005003050800008090006070002000100400000009080050020000600400700000
  • 020403700000000032000000004040200070800050000000001000500000900030900007001008600
  • 700000400020070080003008009000500300060020090001007006000300900030040060009001035
  • 100000089000009002000000450007600000030040000900002005004070000500008010060300000
  • 100000002090400050006000700050903000000070000000850040700000600030009080002000001
  • 702431000008000400030000010200097005340062009960000002070000060009000500420853000
  • 000807000708030604020000090900704006004000200800206005070000040605040703000305000

  • A pair of INVALID 16 clues


  • 100000005000030000002040000000000000034000700000206001200005000070000030000001000
  • 502000400000710003000000000000004600070200000010000000600002000000030010400000000

  • The six MOST difficult I could find online


  • 001004000000060305000900000800000703000000028500070600300080006009200000040001000
  • 000000008003000400090020060000079000000061200060502070008000500010000020405000003
  • 100000002000010030005003400002001004000080700600900000001005040800000500900060000
  • 000090050010000030002300700004500070800000200000006400090010000080060000005400007
  • 000600000000903070030078000400000005006000100080007030001000004500000600090020080
  • 400030000000600800000000001000050090080000600070200000000102700503000040900000000

  • Testing set of the first 39 sudokus from 49,152 sudoku17 file:


  • 000000010400000000020000000000050407008000300001090000300400200050100000000806000
  • 000000010400000000020000000000050604008000300001090000300400200050100000000807000
  • 000000012000035000000600070700000300000400800100000000000120000080000040050000600
  • 000000012003600000000007000410020000000500300700000600280000040000300500000000000
  • 000000012008030000000000040120500000000004700060000000507000300000620000000100000
  • 000000012040050000000009000070600400000100000000000050000087500601000300200000000
  • 000000012050400000000000030700600400001000000000080000920000800000510700000003000
  • 000000012300000060000040000900000500000001070020000000000350400001400800060000000
  • 000000012400090000000000050070200000600000400000108000018000000000030700502000000
  • 000000012500008000000700000600120000700000450000030000030000800000500700020000000
  • 000000012700060000000000050080200000600000400000109000019000000000030800502000000
  • 000000012800040000000000060090200000700000400000501000015000000000030900602000000
  • 000000012980000000000600000100700080402000000000300600070000300050040000000010000
  • 000000013000030080070000000000206000030000900000010000600500204000400700100000000
  • 000000013000200000000000080000760200008000400010000000200000750600340000000008000
  • 000000013000500070000802000000400900107000000000000200890000050040000600000010000
  • 000000013000700060000508000000400800106000000000000200740000050020000400000010000
  • 000000013000700060000509000000400900106000000000000200740000050080000400000010000
  • 000000013000800070000502000000400900107000000000000200890000050040000600000010000
  • 000000013020006000000900000100300000000050200009000040000120000900000800800000600
  • 000000013020008000000700000100300000000050200007000040000120000600000800500000600
  • 000000013020500000000000000103000070000802000004000000000340500670000200000010000
  • 000000013040000080200060000609000400000800000000300000030100500000040706000000000
  • 000000013040000080200060000906000400000800000000300000030100500000040706000000000
  • 000000013040000090200070000607000400000300000000900000030100500000060807000000000
  • 000000013040000090200070000706000400000300000000900000030100500000060807000000000
  • 000000013200800000300000070000200600001000000040000000000401500680000200000070000
  • 000000013400200000600000000000460500010000007200500000000031000000000420080000000
  • 000000013400800000200000070000400900001000000060000000000501600380000200000070000
  • 000000013800500000000000920700003804000010000400000000010200000020090000000000700
  • 000000013800500000000000920700003804000010000600000000010200000020090000000000700
  • 000000014000000203800050000000207000031000000000000650600000700000140000000300000
  • 000000014000020000500000000010804000700000500000100000000050730004200000030000600
  • 000000014000708000000000000104005000000200830600000000500040000030000700000090001
  • 000000014008005000020000000000020705100000000000000800070000530600140000000200000
  • 000000014008005000020000000000020805100000000000000700070000530600140000000200000
  • 000000014008009000020000000000020805100000000000000700070000930600140000000200000
  • 000000014700000000000500000090014000050000720000600000000900805600000900100000000
  • 000000001000000023004005000000100000000030600007000580000067000010004000520000000
Editing Clues
Values
Notations Calculated
Solution grid
None
Enforcement Prevent new input
Unset previous
No enforcement
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Browser support

Works in all modern browsers.


XHTML 1.1, CSS 2, W3C DOM, ECMAScript 3


Solving features may freeze on old browsers or slow machines.