0 Beside a 3
Medium
Used by Smart Hint
A 0 next to a 3 settles the 3 outright: the shared edge is blank, so the 3's other three sides are all lines.
- Edge the technique adds
- Edge ruled out
- Cells that establish the pattern
How it works
- The 0 rules out all four of its own edges — including the one it shares with the 3.
- That leaves the 3 with only three sides it could possibly use, and it needs exactly three.
- Draw all three: the 3's top, bottom, and far side. The whole cell is settled in one move.
- This is the single most productive opening pattern in the game — scan for every 0 first, then look at what it touches.