Trial & Error
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Jump to navigationJump to searchTrial & Error, Ariadne's Thread or Bifurcation is a low tech Solving Technique, which is related to guessing.
- Try a move by placing a digit in an eunsolved cell.
- Process the implications by eliminating conflicting candidates, placing singles
- If a cell has no candidates left, or a digit has no candidate in a house, remove the placement and undo the implications, then remove the candidate which was placed. This is called backtracking.
- Continue until the puzzle is solved.