Mini Sudoku · No. 389 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #389 Answer (Sep 4, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #389 answer as text
- Row 1: 4 1 5 3 2 6
- Row 2: 3 6 2 1 5 4
- Row 3: 6 2 4 5 3 1
- Row 4: 1 5 3 4 6 2
- Row 5: 5 4 6 2 1 3
- Row 6: 2 3 1 6 4 5
About Mini Sudoku #389
- Mini Sudoku #389 gives 10 of 36 numbers, leaving 26 squares to fill.
- The most filled-in row is row 1, with 2 given numbers.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 10 given numbers, fewer than the average of 12.6 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- This opening places 3 numbers using only singles, with no guessing.
- In the bottom-left box, the digit 2 can only go in R6C1, because the 2s already placed in row 5 and column 3 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the middle-left box, the digit 2 can only go in R3C2, because the 2s already placed in column 1 and column 3 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the middle-right box, the digit 2 can only go in R4C6, because the 2s already placed in row 3, column 4, and column 5 rule out every other empty square there.