Mini Sudoku · No. 396 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #396 Answer (Sep 11, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #396 answer as text
- Row 1: 3 2 4 6 1 5
- Row 2: 5 1 6 2 3 4
- Row 3: 1 4 5 3 6 2
- Row 4: 6 3 2 5 4 1
- Row 5: 4 5 3 1 2 6
- Row 6: 2 6 1 4 5 3
About Mini Sudoku #396
- Mini Sudoku #396 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 12.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- This opening places 3 numbers using only singles, with no guessing.
- In the top-left box, the digit 6 can only go in R2C3, because the 6s already placed in row 1 and column 1 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-right box, the digit 1 can only go in R1C5, because the 1s already placed in column 6 and row 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-right box, the digit 4 can only go in R2C6, because the 4s already placed in row 1 and column 4 rule out every other empty square there.