Naked Single

All the strategies starting from this one use pencil notes to find the correct answer.

Switch Sudoku input to a pencil mode

  1. Naked Single is the simplest strategy. Take a look at the pencil notes on this example.
Naked single initial example

  1. We can see that the highlighted cell has only one possible number, and it is 2.
Naked single with naked candidate highlighted

  1. Naked Single can also be applied in a column or row.
Naked single technique in a column