Mini Sudoku · No. 404 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #404 Answer (Sep 19, 2026)
Hint: Find a row, column or box with only one or two empty cells and fill it by elimination.
Show Mini Sudoku #404 answer as text
- Row 1: 4 6 1 2 5 3
- Row 2: 5 2 3 4 1 6
- Row 3: 1 3 4 6 2 5
- Row 4: 2 5 6 3 4 1
- Row 5: 6 4 5 1 3 2
- Row 6: 3 1 2 5 6 4
About Mini Sudoku #404
- Mini Sudoku #404 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 12.0 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- This opening places 3 numbers using only singles, with no guessing.
- In the bottom-left box, the digit 3 can only go in R6C1, because the 3s already placed in row 5 and column 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-left box, the digit 3 can only go in R2C3, because the 3s already placed in column 1 and column 2 rule out every other empty square there.
- In the top-right box, the digit 3 can only go in R1C6, because the 3s already placed in column 5 and row 2 rule out every other empty square there.