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Expert tier Technique 25 of 31 Used by Smart Hint

XYZ-Wing

Like XY-Wing, but the pivot keeps a third candidate — so the elimination needs cells that see all three.

How it works

  1. 1The pivot has three candidates {x,y,z}; the two wings have {x,z} and {y,z} and both see the pivot.
  2. 2One of the three cells must be z, but this time the pivot itself is a candidate for it.
  3. 3So the elimination only holds for cells that see all three — pivot included. Strike z there.
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Three rows whose homes for a digit occupy just three columns — the digit falls from those columns elsewhere.