6-cell killer cage summing to 23
2 combinations.
- 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.