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By Andrew Stuart, In association with www.KenKen.com
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Pick a puzzle from www.kenken.com:
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Version 2.09
See Strategy Overview documentation
Show Candidates
Check for Solved Squares   
Show Possibles  
1: Singles in Row  
2: Singles in Column  
3: Naked Pairs/Triples  
4: Hidden Pairs/Triples 
5: Trivial Dog Legs  
6: KenKen Combos  
7: Dog Legs  
8: Innies and Outies (1 cell)  
Tough Strategies
9: Cage/Unit Overlap  
10: Rule of 21  
11: X-Wing  
12: Simple Colouring  
13: Innies/Outies (2+ cells)  
14: Swordfish  
15: Cage Compare  
Diabolical Strategies
16: X-Cycles  
17: XY-Chain  
18: 3D Medusa  
Exotic Strategies
19: Grouped X-Cycles  
20: Altern. Inference Chains 
21: Digit Forcing Chains  
22: Cell Forcing Chains  
23: Unit Forcing Chains  
24: Almost Locked Sets  
25: Quad Forcing Chains  


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Solve Order (from Grader)



Coordinate system: Letter/Number rYcX

The Rules

All the digits 1 to 6 must appear in every row and column. In each coloured block (or 'cage'), the target number in the small board above is calculated from the digits in all the cells in the block, using the operation indicated.

Welcome to this KenKen® Solver

This is a Beta demonstration version exclusively for www.KenKen.com feedback.

Quick help: Using this Solver

You can pick examples from the list above. Click on Take Step to step through the solution. Unknown squares are filled with 'candidates' - possible solutions.
Any cells that are reduced to one possible candidate are solved.

You can enter a new KenKen puzzle using the new 'designer' - click on "Enter new KenKen". Once you fill in the clues and set up the cages correctly it can be solved.

Unlike the other solvers you can only edit the main board when solving. The small board only displays the clues.



New: Version 2.09 (Nov 28th 2015)
Upgrade to the Core Engine and all most improvements since 2013.

New: Version 2.08 (Jul 28th 2013)
Upgrade to the Core Engine to include recent improvements.

New: Version 2.06 (Nov 23th 2011)
Added a check for trivial dog legs, for example the 3-cage 96x: Click here.

New: Version 2.05 (Oct 13th 2011)
Partial implementation of a new cage vs cage strategy.

New: Version 2.02 (May 26th 2011)
Added the 'Solve Order' grid. This is experimental.
It is generated from the Grader button

New: Version 2.01 (March 25th 2011)
Updated with all the new Sudoku and Killers (that apply), removed some depeciated ones and one strategy which was not applicable.

New: Version 1.03 (October 23rd 2009)
The examples in the selection list now come from the 6x6 player at www.kenken.com. They will be the most recent 20 up to yesterday.

New: Version 1.02 (Beta) (June 28th 2009)
KenKen Solver released



Solver created on 30-May-2009.
This page was last modified on 11-Jan-2023.
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