Mini Sudoku · No. 381 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #381 Answer (Aug 27, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #381 answer as text
- Row 1: 5 1 6 3 4 2
- Row 2: 2 3 4 1 5 6
- Row 3: 1 6 3 5 2 4
- Row 4: 4 5 2 6 1 3
- Row 5: 3 2 5 4 6 1
- Row 6: 6 4 1 2 3 5
About Mini Sudoku #381
- Mini Sudoku #381 gives 12 of 36 numbers, leaving 24 squares to fill.
- The most filled-in row is row 2, with 3 given numbers.
- It has 12 given numbers, more than the average of 11.7 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- This opening places 3 numbers using only singles, with no guessing.
- In the top-left box, the digit 5 can only go in R1C1, because the 5s already placed in column 3 and column 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-left box, the digit 6 can only go in R1C3, because the 6 already placed in column 2 rules out every other empty square there.
- The top-left box has just one empty square left, R2C2, and the other squares already hold 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, so the missing 3 goes there.