How to solve this 6×6 logic puzzle
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This 6×6 board rates as gentle (difficulty score 752). Solving it from scratch takes 16 logical steps, using 5 techniques: Single cell, Row/column exclusion, Adjacency clear, Region confinement, Shape squeeze. Every step below is forced: nothing here is a guess.
- First, every open cell left in this region sits in column E, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the column.
- Next, every open cell left in this region sits in column F, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the column.
- Then, place a marker at D5. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 5, column D, and its region. Placing here also clears its 2 touching neighbours.
- After that, place a marker at B6. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 6, column B, and its region.
- Now, place a marker at A4. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 4, column A, and its region.
- From there, every remaining candidate in this region touches F1 and F2, so whichever candidate ends up marked will clear them, and they can be ruled out now regardless of which one wins.
- Following that, place a marker at F3. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 3, column F, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
- First, place a marker at E1. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 1, column E, and its region.
- Finally, place a marker at C2. Region has exactly one open cell left.
The key move here was Shape squeeze. Once you can spot that, this board falls quickly. ∎