GridWits
Hard tier Technique 20 of 31 Used by Smart Hint

Hidden Quad

Four digits confined to the same four cells clear those cells of everything else.

How it works

  1. 1Four digits whose only remaining homes in a house are the same four cells.
  2. 2Those four cells must take those four digits between them.
  3. 3Every other candidate in those cells goes. Rare, and usually only worth hunting once nothing else moves.
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A digit restricted to the same two columns in two rows is eliminated from those columns elsewhere.