Mini Sudoku · No. 361 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #361 Answer (Aug 7, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #361 answer as text
- Row 1: 1 2 6 3 5 4
- Row 2: 4 5 3 1 2 6
- Row 3: 6 4 1 5 3 2
- Row 4: 2 3 5 6 4 1
- Row 5: 5 1 4 2 6 3
- Row 6: 3 6 2 4 1 5
About Mini Sudoku #361
- Mini Sudoku #361 gives 12 of 36 numbers, leaving 24 squares to fill.
- The most filled-in row is row 1, with 2 given numbers.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 12 given numbers, more than the average of 10.9 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- This opening places 3 numbers using only singles, with no guessing.
- In the top-right box, the digit 2 can only go in R2C5, because the 2s already placed in row 1 and column 6 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the middle-right box, the digit 1 can only go in R4C6, because the 1s already placed in column 4 and column 5 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the bottom-left box, the digit 1 can only go in R5C2, because the 1s already placed in column 1 and row 6 rule out every other empty square there.