Mini Sudoku · No. 397 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #397 Answer (Sep 12, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #397 answer as text
- Row 1: 4 5 6 1 2 3
- Row 2: 3 2 1 4 6 5
- Row 3: 2 1 4 5 3 6
- Row 4: 5 6 3 2 1 4
- Row 5: 1 3 5 6 4 2
- Row 6: 6 4 2 3 5 1
About Mini Sudoku #397
- Mini Sudoku #397 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 1 can only go in R2C3, because the 1s already placed in row 1 and column 1 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-left box, the digit 5 can only go in R1C2, because the 5s already placed in column 1 and row 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the middle-left box, the digit 2 can only go in R3C1, because the 2s already placed in column 2 and column 3 rule out every other empty square there.