PuzzeasyHard Sudoku — Puzzle 16
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| 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | 9 | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | |||||||
| 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 | 7 | 1 |
How to play
Fill every row, every column and every 3 by 3 box with the numbers 1 to 9, using each number once.
This puzzle has 26 given numbers and exactly one solution, so it can always be finished by reasoning alone.
Solution
Hard Sudoku — Puzzle 16
| 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 |