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Singles
Full House
The last empty cell in a row, column or box.
Naked Single
A cell with only one candidate left.
Hidden Single
A digit that fits only one cell in a house.
Intersections
Pointing
A digit locked to one line within a box.
Claiming
A digit locked to one box within a line.
Subsets
Naked Pair
Two cells sharing the same two candidates.
Hidden Pair
Two digits confined to the same two cells.
Naked Triple
Three cells sharing three candidates.
Hidden Triple
Three digits confined to the same three cells.
Naked Quad
Four cells sharing four candidates.
Hidden Quad
Four digits confined to the same four cells.
Fish
X-Wing
A digit boxed into a 2×2 rectangle.
Swordfish
The three-line version of an X-Wing.
Jellyfish
The four-line fish.
Wings
XY-Wing
A pivot and two pincers sharing a digit.
XYZ-Wing
An XY-Wing whose pivot also holds Z.
W-Wing
Two matching pairs joined by a strong link.
Single-digit
Skyscraper
Two conjugate lines sharing a base.
2-String Kite
A row pair and a column pair joined by a box.
Empty Rectangle
An L-shaped lock in a box plus a conjugate pair.
Uniqueness
Unique Rectangle
Avoiding a two-solution deadly pattern.
BUG+1
The digit that prevents a non-unique grid.
Chains
Simple Colouring
Two-colouring a digit's conjugate network.
Remote Pairs
A chain of identical bivalue cells.
X-Chain
A single-digit alternating chain.
XY-Chain
A chain through bivalue cells.
ALS
ALS-XZ
Two almost-locked sets sharing X and Z.