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Naked single

● Teal: reasoning● Blue: affected cells

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Naked single

Look at an empty cell's row, column and box. Digits already present are ruled out. If only one digit remains, you can place it with certainty.

Worked example

After excluding the digits in its row, column and box, an empty cell has only candidate 4. The cell must contain 4.

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