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Practise: Full House

This puzzle leans on the Full House throughout. Work through it and the move becomes second nature.

Practice

Mistakes0Score1,000Time0:00

How to spot it

After you write any digit, glance along its row, its column and around its box. If any of them now has exactly one gap, fill it immediately. Chains of full houses are common in the endgame, where one placement cascades into five or six more.

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Where you will meet it

This pattern is the backbone of easy grids. Start one and you will use it within a few moves.

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