6-cell killer cage summing to 23

2 combinations.

23
A 6-cell killer cage with the sum clue 23 in the corner.
Always present
1234
Never present
9

Valid digit combinations

  • 123458
  • 123467

How to use this in play

Only 2 digit sets sum to 23 across 6 cells, which makes this a near-locked cage. Each combination shares most of its digits with the others — see the locked-digits row above for the digits forced into the cage regardless of which combination is in play.

Locked digits: 1, 2, 3, 4. Whichever combination is in play, these digits sit somewhere inside the cage — meaning the cage's shared row, column, and box can't have any of them anywhere outside the cage.

Forbidden digits: 9. This digit never appears in this cage no matter which combination resolves; you can eliminate it from every cell of the cage as you pencil in candidates.

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