4-cell Kakuro run summing to 27

3 combinations.

27
A 4-cell Kakuro run with the clue 27 above or to the left.
Always present
9
Never present
12

Valid digit combinations

  • 3789
  • 4689
  • 5679

How to use this in play

3 digit sets sum to 27 across 4 cells. The run on its own is permissive; its constraints become useful when intersected with the perpendicular runs at each of its cells.

Locked digits: 9. This digit appears in every valid combination, so it must occupy one cell of the run; useful when a perpendicular run rules it out of a candidate cell.

Forbidden digits: 1, 2. None of these digits appears in any valid combination, so you can rule them out of the run's cells immediately.

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