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6x6 KenKen® Solver (Beta) Feedback: Form and User Comments/Questions Here
By Andrew Stuart, In association with www.KenKen.com
Click to edit candidates or enter a solution:
Pick a puzzle from www.kenken.com:
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Version 1.04
See Strategy Overview documentation
Show Candidates
Check for Solved Squares   
Show Possibles  
1: Singles in Row  
2: Singles in Column  
3: Naked Pairs/Triples  
4: Hidden Pairs/Triples 
5: KenKen Combos  
6: Dog Legs  
Tough Strategies
7: X-Wing  
8: Simple Colouring  
9: Sword-Fish  
10: X-Cycles  
Diabolical Strategies
11: Multivalue X-Wing  
12: Remote Pairs  
13: XY-Chain  
Evil Strategies
14: Sue-de-Coq  
15: Multi Colouring  
16: Grouped X-Cycles  
17: Forcing Chains  
18: Altern. Inference Chains 
19: AIC with Groups  
20: AIC with ALSs  
21: Almost Locked Sets  
22: Death Blossom  


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The Rules

All the digits 1 to 6 must appear in every row and column. In each coloured block (or 'cage'), the target number in the small board above is calculated from the digits in all the cells in the block, using the operation indicated.
Coordinate system: Letter/Number rYcX



Welcome to this new KenKen® Solver

This is a Beta demonstration version exclusively for www.KenKen.com feedback.

Quick help: Using this Solver

You can pick examples from the list above. Click on Take Step to step through the solution. Unknown squares are filled with 'candidates' - possible solutions.
Any cells that are reduced to one possible candidate are solved.

You can enter a new KenKen puzzle using the new 'designer' - click on "Enter new KenKen". Once you fill in the clues and set up the cages correctly it can be solved.

Unlike the other solvers you can only edit the main board when solving. The small board only displays the clues.




New: Version 1.03 (October 23rd 2009)
The examples in the selection list now come from the 6x6 player at www.kenken.com. They will be the most recent 20 up to yesterday.

New: Version 1.02 (Beta) (June 28th 2009)
KenKen Solver released





Solver created on 30-May-2009.

This page was last modified on 03-July-2009.
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