4-cell Kakuro run summing to 28
2 combinations.
- Always present
- 89
- Never present
- 123
Valid digit combinations
- 4789
- 5689
How to use this in play
Only 2 digit sets sum to 28 across 4 cells. That makes this run useful for cross-reference deductions: a digit you can rule out from one of the cells (because the perpendicular run forbids it) often forces the entire combination.
Locked digits: 8, 9. These digits each appear in every valid combination, so they each must occupy one cell of the run; useful when a perpendicular run rules any of them out of a candidate cell.
Forbidden digits: 1, 2, 3. None of these digits appears in any valid combination, so you can rule them out of the run's cells immediately.