Sudoku technique · First needed at: Hard
Naked triple
Three cells share the same three options — clear those numbers from the rest of the group.
An example from a real puzzle
- Where the deduction happens
- The cells that make the pattern
- Candidates it removes
How to spot it
- Find three cells in one group whose candidates, taken together, are just three numbers — each cell may have two or three of them.
- Remove those three numbers from the rest of the group.
Why it works
Three cells limited to three numbers must use all three, leaving none of them for any other cell in the group.
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