An Easy 6×6 Puzzle Solved with Shape Squeeze in 10 Steps
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This 6×6 board rates as easy (difficulty score 768). Solving it from scratch takes 10 logical steps, using 6 techniques: Single cell, Row/column exclusion, Adjacency clear, Region confinement, Paired regions, Shape squeeze. Every step below is forced: nothing here is a guess.
- First, every open cell left in this region sits in row 3, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the row.
- Next, together, two regions have open cells only in rows 1 and 2; with one marker each, those two markers have to fill exactly those two rows, so every other region's open cells there can be cleared.
- Then, every open cell left in this region sits in row 4, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the row.
- After that, every remaining candidate in this region touches E2 and F2 and E4, so whichever candidate ends up marked will clear them, and they can be ruled out now regardless of which one wins.
- Now, place a marker at D4. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 4, column D, and its region. Placing here also clears its 3 touching neighbours.
- From there, 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.
- Following that, place a marker at E6. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 6, column E, and its region.
- First, place a marker at C1. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 1, column C, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
- Next, place a marker at A2. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 2, column A, and its region.
- Finally, place a marker at B5. Region has exactly one open cell left.
The key move here was Shape squeeze. Once you can spot that, this board falls quickly. ∎