Reading the board / 06
Work through the board
Outlines show the reason. Rings show the next move.
Small numbers identify matching colors.
Step 1 of 7
Row 2 needs one animal. The outlined squares are its remaining openings.
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Test placement 1, 2…
Forced animals
Faded Xs show what the test would rule out.
When to use it
Find a row or column that needs an animal and whose remaining openings all share one color. That line must contain the color's animal. Mark squares of the same color outside the line with Xs.
What to watch for
Check the direction of the deduction: the line is using up the color here. In the previous technique, the color reserves the line. The squares you can eliminate are different.
Read the full explanation
- Row 2 needs one animal. The outlined squares are its remaining openings.
- Every opening belongs to the same color. That color must place its animal in this row.
- That color cannot place another animal elsewhere. Mark its ringed squares with Xs.
- The Xs are in place. Now look at the remaining openings.
- Row 1 has only one square left that can take a piece.
- Place an animal in the ringed square.
- The monkey belongs in row 1, column 3.
