Mini Sudoku · No. 382 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #382 Answer (Aug 28, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #382 answer as text
- Row 1: 1 5 3 4 2 6
- Row 2: 2 4 6 5 3 1
- Row 3: 3 2 4 6 1 5
- Row 4: 5 6 1 3 4 2
- Row 5: 6 3 2 1 5 4
- Row 6: 4 1 5 2 6 3
About Mini Sudoku #382
- Mini Sudoku #382 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, the same as the average of 12.0 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 R1C2, because the 5s already placed in column 3 and row 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-right box, the digit 2 can only go in R1C5, because the 2s already placed in column 6 and row 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-right box, the digit 3 can only go in R2C5, because the 3 already placed in column 6 rules out every other empty square there.