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XYZ-Wing

Fish & Wings16 / 32

A three-candidate pivot joins both of its wings.

A Y-Wing where the pivot keeps a copy of the shared digit: the pivot holds {X,Y,Z} and its two wings hold {X,Z} and {Y,Z}. One of these three cells must end up as Z.

Because the pivot itself might be the Z, only cells that see all three pattern cells are affected — a smaller elimination zone than the Y-Wing's, usually inside the pivot's box.

See it in action

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Step 1 of 4

The setup

Start from cells with exactly three candidates. Check the bivalue cells they see for two wings whose candidates are both drawn from the pivot's three, overlapping in a single digit. Step through this real position to see it happen.

Practice

Find the XYZ-Wing and remove the shared digit from the cells that see all three pattern cells.

Drill 1 of 29

Tap a cell, then the candidate digit you want to remove.