Naked Quad
Hard
Used by Smart Hint
Four cells in a row or column whose candidates combine to exactly four heights — eliminate those heights elsewhere in the line.
- Cells that establish the pattern
- Where the conclusion lands
- Height ruled out
How it works
- Four cells whose candidates between them cover only four heights: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Four cells, four heights — all four are consumed inside that group, whatever order they end up in.
- Strike them from the row's remaining cell, which leaves it a 5.
- Quads are the last naked subset worth hunting in a five-line: a five-cell version would have nothing left to eliminate from.