GridWits
Hard tier Technique 21 of 31 Used by Smart Hint

X-Wing

A digit restricted to the same two columns in two rows is eliminated from those columns elsewhere.

How it works

  1. 1Find two rows in which a digit has exactly two possible cells, and those cells fall in the same two columns.
  2. 2The digit takes opposite corners of that rectangle — either way, both columns are used up by these two rows.
  3. 3Strike the digit from those two columns everywhere outside the rectangle. Works with rows and columns swapped too.
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