Medium Kakuro
Medium Kakuro puzzles are 7×7. Beyond the basics, rule out sets no cell can take part in, place a digit every set needs in the only cell that takes it, and use pairs locked in a run.
Medium puzzles need at least one of these techniques, and may use any easier one:
- Combinations that fit
- Some sets for this sum need a digit no cell of the run can still take. Only the sets that fit remain, and their digits.
- Hidden single
- Every set that makes this sum needs this digit, and only one cell of the run can take it.
- Locked digits
- These cells can only hold the same two or three digits between them, so the rest of the run cannot.
How to play
Kakuro is a number crossword. Black cells hold clues: the number below a cell's diagonal is the sum of the white run beneath it, the number above is the sum of the run to its right. Fill every white cell with a digit from 1 to 9 so each run adds up to its clue and no digit repeats within a run.
Every Kakuro here has exactly one solution and can be solved by logic alone. Its level is the hardest technique it needs, and the grid grows from 6×6 at Easy to 10×10 at Expert.
- Fill each white cell with a digit from 1 to 9.
- The digits of a run add up to the clue at its start: down sums below the diagonal, across sums above it.
- No digit repeats within a run.
Playing on this site
- Select a cell, then type a digit or tap it on the number pad. Arrow keys move the selection.
- Turn on Notes (or press N) to pencil in candidates instead of answers.
- Hint first points out any wrong digits, then names the next technique and shows where it applies before giving anything away.
- Your puzzle is saved in this browser, so you can come back to it later.