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Hidden Triple

The concept is similar to Hidden Pair but even more challenging to identify. As seen in the case of Naked Triple vs. Naked Pair, in most scenarios, not all values will be present in all cells.

In the example below, values 2, 4, and 8 form a hidden triple in the last column. Despite the absence of 4 in the uppermost cell and 2 in the bottom cell, these three numbers are exclusively found in the three dark-shaded cells. As a result, all other values can be eliminated from the dark-shaded cells.

Hidden Triple - start
Hidden Triple - elimination
See it in a real Sudoku

Hard #35 in the 1200 Sudoku Medium to Hard book, move 13. Open the app at this move and step through it.

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