Squirmbag

المستوى 9 · Purple Belt

المتطلب السابق: Basic Fish

Overview

Squirmbag (or Sixfish) is a five-row, five-column fish pattern. It's extremely rare and only appears in very difficult puzzles.

How It Works

  1. Find five rows where a candidate is restricted to the same five columns.
  2. Each row must have the candidate in 2-5 cells within these columns.
  3. Eliminate the candidate from other cells in those five columns.

Example

Base rows: 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. Check where digit 2 can appear in those rows.

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Tips & Patterns

  • Squirmbags are extremely rare in hand-solvable puzzles.
  • If you find yourself looking for Squirmbags, the puzzle is very difficult.
  • Computer solvers are typically needed to reliably find these.