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Hidden single

● Teal: reasoning● Blue: affected cells

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Hidden single

Choose a digit and examine a row, column or box. Even when cells have multiple candidates, that digit may have just one possible position.

Worked example

Three empty cells in a row have candidates {2, 7}, {2, 5} and {5, 9}. Digit 7 can only go in the first cell, even though that cell also has candidate 2.

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