An Easy 6×6 Puzzle Solved with Shape Squeeze in 11 Steps
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This 6×6 board rates as easy (difficulty score 779). Solving it from scratch takes 11 logical steps, using 7 techniques: Single cell, Row/column exclusion, Adjacency clear, Region confinement, Line 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 column A, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the column.
- 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, place a marker at B3. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 3, column B, and its region. Placing here also clears its 2 touching neighbours.
- After that, place a marker at A1. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 1, column A, and its region.
- Now, 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.
- From there, every open cell in column C belongs to the same region, so that region's marker has to be somewhere in this column; that clears every other open cell in the region.
- Following that, every remaining candidate in this region touches E4 and E5, so whichever candidate ends up marked will clear them, and they can be ruled out now regardless of which one wins.
- First, place a marker at F4. Row 4 has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 4, column F, and its region.
- Next, place a marker at C5. Row 5 has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 5, column C, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
- Then, 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.
- Finally, place a marker at D2. Region has exactly one open cell left.
The key move here was Shape squeeze. Once you can spot that, this board falls quickly. ∎