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LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #426 answer — October 11, 2026
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Rows count from the top and columns from the left. A box is one of the six 2×3 blocks, named by where it sits: top-left, top-right, middle-left, middle-right, bottom-left and bottom-right.
- The middle-left box still needs a 5. Row 3 and column 3 already have one, so the 5 can only go in row 4, column 1.
- The top-left box still needs a 5. Columns 1 and 3 already have one, so the 5 can only go in row 1, column 2.
- The top-left box still needs a 3. Column 1 already has one, so the 3 can only go in row 2, column 3.
- The top-left box still needs a 6. Row 2 already has one, so the 6 can only go in row 1, column 1.
- Only a 4 is missing from the top-left box, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 2, column 1.
- The top-right box still needs a 5. Row 1 and column 5 already have one, so the 5 can only go in row 2, column 6.
- Only a 1 is missing from row 2, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 2, column 5.
- The middle-left box still needs a 1. Column 3 already has one, so the 1 can only go in row 3, column 2.
- The middle-left box still needs a 6. Row 4 already has one, so the 6 can only go in row 3, column 3.
- Only a 2 is missing from the middle-left box, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 4, column 3.
- Only a 4 is missing from column 3, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 6, column 3.
- The middle-right box still needs a 1. Row 3 and column 5 already have one, so the 1 can only go in row 4, column 4.
- Only a 3 is missing from row 4, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 4, column 5.
- The bottom-left box still needs a 6. Row 5 and column 1 already have one, so the 6 can only go in row 6, column 2.
- Only a 3 is missing from column 2, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 5, column 2.
- The bottom-right box still needs a 3. Row 5 and column 5 already have one, so the 3 can only go in row 6, column 6.
- The top-right box still needs a 3. Columns 5 and 6 already have one, so the 3 can only go in row 1, column 4.
- The bottom-right box still needs a 1. Columns 4 and 5 already have one, so the 1 can only go in row 5, column 6.
- The bottom-left box still needs a 1. Row 5 already has one, so the 1 can only go in row 6, column 1.
- Only a 2 is missing from the bottom-left box, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 5, column 1.
- Only a 4 is missing from row 5, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 5, column 4.
- Only a 2 is missing from the bottom-right box, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 6, column 5.
- Only a 2 is missing from column 4, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 3, column 4.
- Only a 4 is missing from the middle-right box, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 3, column 6.
- Only a 4 is missing from column 5, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 1, column 5.
- Only a 2 is missing from the top-right box, so it goes in the last empty cell, row 1, column 6.
4Mini Sudoku #426 solutionShow answer
651342423615316254542136235461164523- Row 1: 6 5 1 3 4 2
- Row 2: 4 2 3 6 1 5
- Row 3: 3 1 6 2 5 4
- Row 4: 5 4 2 1 3 6
- Row 5: 2 3 5 4 6 1
- Row 6: 1 6 4 5 2 3
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How to play Mini Sudoku
- The board is 6×6, split into six boxes of 2 rows × 3 columns.
- Each row, each column and each box must contain the numbers 1 to 6 exactly once.