Mini Sudoku · No. 398 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #398 Answer (Sep 13, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #398 answer as text
- Row 1: 5 1 3 6 4 2
- Row 2: 2 6 4 3 1 5
- Row 3: 1 5 2 4 6 3
- Row 4: 4 3 6 5 2 1
- Row 5: 6 2 5 1 3 4
- Row 6: 3 4 1 2 5 6
About Mini Sudoku #398
- Mini Sudoku #398 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, 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 bottom-right box, the digit 2 can only go in R6C4, because the 2s already placed in row 5 and column 6 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the middle-right box, the digit 2 can only go in R4C5, because the 2s already placed in column 4 and column 6 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the middle-left box, the digit 2 can only go in R3C3, because the 2s already placed in column 2 and row 4 rule out every other empty square there.