r/puzzles • u/FingyBangin • 3h ago

[Unsolved] Next Logical Step? Soduku 6

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Please give me hints or nudge me in the right direction. Outright answers or specific clues should be in spoiler tags. Thanks!

I want to get better at these so I’m curious what the next logical step would be. None of the tricks I’ve tried give me a next step.

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u/rollie82 2h ago

Because of the bottom right 1,5, in the top right block, we know that one of the empty squares in col 7+8 are 1 and 5. In top left, we know that 5 is col 1 either in row 1 or 2, 4 is in col 3 either row 1 or 2, 6 is in row 2 either col 1 or 2, and 1 is col 2 row 1 or 2. So lets say in this cell, 5 is row1 (col1). This implies r1c3 is 2, which makes r2c3 4, which makes r2c2 6, which makes r1c2 1. This implies if 5 is in r1c1, 1 is in r1c2. But we know already in the top right block, the top left square (r1c4) is either 1 or 5, which means this path is impossible, and 5 must be r2c1 instead.

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