5-cell Kakuro run summing to 18

3 combinations.

18
A 5-cell Kakuro run with the clue 18 above or to the left.
Always present
12
Never present
9

Valid digit combinations

  • 12348
  • 12357
  • 12456

How to use this in play

3 digit sets sum to 18 across 5 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: 1, 2. 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: 9. None of this digit appears in any valid combination, so you can rule it out of the run's cells immediately.

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