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Is there guessing in sudoku? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just recently stumbled upon this puzzle so still might not understand something. Regularly I find myself in the situation when I cannot deduct concrete number anywhere on the field and, as a result, I just guess some number and continue to solve the puzzle looking if everything is ok or I move to dead-end. If dead-end then I return to the position before guessing and make another guessing.

It isn't fun.

Am I doing something wrong or guessing is indeed a part of the puzzle solving?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Check out https://youtube.com/@crackingthecryptic they solve like really hard sudokus without guessing and teach a lot of techniques on how to do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

They're a fantastic channel 😀

Great to see them recommend