
X-Wing Sudoku diagram
A candidate diagram shows the four corners of an X-Wing and the sevens it eliminates in the shared columns.
A completed grid highlights a row, a column and a 3×3 box to show the three standard Sudoku constraints.
Each highlighted unit contains digits 1–9 exactly once. All other rows, columns and boxes follow the same rule.
This is a completed teaching example, not an unsolved puzzle. Read the rules lesson for a fuller explanation.
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A candidate diagram shows the four corners of an X-Wing and the sevens it eliminates in the shared columns.

A row-level diagram shows two cells containing only 3 and 7, followed by the candidate eliminations they allow.

A complete reference chart of the nonrepeating digit pairs for two-cell Killer Sudoku cages, covering sums 3–17.