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I'm 99% sure this was an invalid Sudoku puzzle.

Just before putting the 2 in here (above the pencil 6), I put in 6 and it said Mistake, so I erased it and put 2. But... why wouldn't 6 be valid there?

https://imgur.com/a/aOnKbiT

EDIT: As per replies, "X" Sudoku is variant with a different rule. While I saw the diagonals "highlighted" in another color, I didn't know that rule. Perhaps it could be added to the page for those unfamiliar with this non-standard Sudoku variant?



Because there's already another 6 on the same main diagonal. This is an "X Sudoku" puzzle, which means that each main diagonal must have all 9 different numbers.


All I've never done the diagonals before... oops.

https://imgur.com/a/Dfxf9CJ (before picking 2 / 6 / 7.)


https://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudokux.aspx is a useful site. I'm personally a fan of the killer variety.

Its solver is interesting in showing the individual steps.

For the same puzzle, https://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudokux.aspx?bd=06039000804900150...


if you like sudoku, you owe it to yourself to check out the "cracking the cryptic" youtube channel and get introduced to the delightful world of variant sudoku.


Yeah, that Sudoku puzzle has multiple valid solutions, whereas the page only seems to accept a single one.


There's an extra constraint on that one: the two main diagonals must both have nine different digits. That's what makes it a single-solution puzzle.




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