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Kakuro can be a bit tricker than Sudoku but it is quite rewarding once you get going. Sudoku is all about permutations whereas Kakuro is all about combinations. You complete Kakuro in the same way as a crossword, but you have to make each vertical and horizontal group add up to the clue, without repeating any digits. SwooshKakuro makes it a bit easier if you leave "Auto Notes" and "Dynamic Clues" on (which I certainly do). It is helpful to think of each clue in terms of the number of squares that represent it. Say for example the clue was 5 and it had to fit in 2 squares, then you need to think "5 in 2", which can only be:
1, 4
4, 1
2, 3
3, 2
Here is a list of all the valid combinations for different length clues:
Pairs:
3: 1,2;
4: 1,3;
5: 1,4; 2,3;
6: 1,5; 2,4;
7: 1,6; 2,5; 3,4;
8: 1,7; 2,6; 3,5;
9: 1,8; 2,7; 3,6; 4,5;
10: 1,9; 2,8; 3,7; 4,6;
11: 2,9; 3,8; 4,7; 5,6;
12: 3,9; 4,8; 5,7;
13: 4,9; 5,8; 6,7;
14: 5,9; 6,8;
15: 6,9; 7,8;
16: 7,9;
17: 8,9;
Triplets:
6: 1,2,3;
7: 1,2,4;
8: 1,2,5; 1,3,4;
9: 1,2,6; 1,3,5; 2,3,4;
10: 1,2,7; 1,3,6; 1,4,5; 2,3,5;
11: 1,2,8; 1,3,7; 1,4,6; 2,3,6; 2,4,5;
12: 1,2,9; 1,3,8; 1,4,7; 1,5,6; 2,3,7; 2,4,6; 3,4,5;
13: 1,3,9; 1,4,8; 1,5,7; 2,3,8; 2,4,7; 2,5,6; 3,4,6;
14: 1,4,9; 1,5,8; 1,6,7; 2,3,9; 2,4,8; 2,5,7; 3,4,7; 3,5,6;
15: 1,5,9; 1,6,8; 2,4,9; 2,5,8; 2,6,7; 3,4,8; 3,5,7; 4,5,6;
16: 1,6,9; 1,7,8; 2,5,9; 2,6,8; 3,4,9; 3,5,8; 3,6,7; 4,5,7;
17: 1,7,9; 2,6,9; 2,7,8; 3,5,9; 3,6,8; 4,5,8; 4,6,7;
18: 1,8,9; 2,7,9; 3,6,9; 3,7,8; 4,5,9; 4,6,8; 5,6,7;
19: 2,8,9; 3,7,9; 4,6,9; 4,7,8; 5,6,8;
20: 3,8,9; 4,7,9; 5,6,9; 5,7,8;
21: 4,8,9; 5,7,9; 6,7,8;
22: 5,8,9; 6,7,9;
23: 6,8,9;
24: 7,8,9;
Quadtuplets:
10: 1,2,3,4;
11: 1,2,3,5;
12: 1,2,3,6; 1,2,4,5;
13: 1,2,3,7; 1,2,4,6; 1,3,4,5;
14: 1,2,3,8; 1,2,4,7; 1,2,5,6; 1,3,4,6; 2,3,4,5;
15: 1,2,3,9; 1,2,4,8; 1,2,5,7; 1,3,4,7; 1,3,5,6; 2,3,4,6;
16: 1,2,4,9; 1,2,5,8; 1,2,6,7; 1,3,4,8; 1,3,5,7; 1,4,5,6; 2,3,4,7; 2,3,5,6;
17: 1,2,5,9; 1,2,6,8; 1,3,4,9; 1,3,5,8; 1,3,6,7; 1,4,5,7; 2,3,4,8; 2,3,5,7; 2,4,5,6;
18: 1,2,6,9; 1,2,7,8; 1,3,5,9; 1,3,6,8; 1,4,5,8; 1,4,6,7; 2,3,4,9; 2,3,5,8; 2,3,6,7; 2,4,5,7; 3,4,5,6;
19: 1,2,7,9; 1,3,6,9; 1,3,7,8; 1,4,5,9; 1,4,6,8; 1,5,6,7; 2,3,5,9; 2,3,6,8; 2,4,5,8; 2,4,6,7; 3,4,5,7;
20: 1,2,8,9; 1,3,7,9; 1,4,6,9; 1,4,7,8; 1,5,6,8; 2,3,6,9; 2,3,7,8; 2,4,5,9; 2,4,6,8; 2,5,6,7; 3,4,5,8; 3,4,6,7;
21: 1,3,8,9; 1,4,7,9; 1,5,6,9; 1,5,7,8; 2,3,7,9; 2,4,6,9; 2,4,7,8; 2,5,6,8; 3,4,5,9; 3,4,6,8; 3,5,6,7;
22: 1,4,8,9; 1,5,7,9; 1,6,7,8; 2,3,8,9; 2,4,7,9; 2,5,6,9; 2,5,7,8; 3,4,6,9; 3,4,7,8; 3,5,6,8; 4,5,6,7;
23: 1,5,8,9; 1,6,7,9; 2,4,8,9; 2,5,7,9; 2,6,7,8; 3,4,7,9; 3,5,6,9; 3,5,7,8; 4,5,6,8;
24: 1,6,8,9; 2,5,8,9; 2,6,7,9; 3,4,8,9; 3,5,7,9; 3,6,7,8; 4,5,6,9; 4,5,7,8;
25: 1,7,8,9; 2,6,8,9; 3,5,8,9; 3,6,7,9; 4,5,7,9; 4,6,7,8;
26: 2,7,8,9; 3,6,8,9; 4,5,8,9; 4,6,7,9; 5,6,7,8;
27: 3,7,8,9; 4,6,8,9; 5,6,7,9;
28: 4,7,8,9; 5,6,8,9;
29: 5,7,8,9;
30: 6,7,8,9;
Quintuplets:
15: 1,2,3,4,5;
16: 1,2,3,4,6;
17: 1,2,3,4,7; 1,2,3,5,6;
18: 1,2,3,4,8; 1,2,3,5,7; 1,2,4,5,6;
19: 1,2,3,4,9; 1,2,3,5,8; 1,2,3,6,7; 1,2,4,5,7; 1,3,4,5,6;
20: 1,2,3,5,9; 1,2,3,6,8; 1,2,4,5,8; 1,2,4,6,7; 1,3,4,5,7; 2,3,4,5,6;
21: 1,2,3,6,9; 1,2,3,7,8; 1,2,4,5,9; 1,2,4,6,8; 1,2,5,6,7; 1,3,4,5,8; 1,3,4,6,7; 2,3,4,5,7;
22: 1,2,3,7,9; 1,2,4,6,9; 1,2,4,7,8; 1,2,5,6,8; 1,3,4,5,9; 1,3,4,6,8; 1,3,5,6,7; 2,3,4,5,8; 2,3,4,6,7;
23: 1,2,3,8,9; 1,2,4,7,9; 1,2,5,6,9; 1,2,5,7,8; 1,3,4,6,9; 1,3,4,7,8; 1,3,5,6,8; 1,4,5,6,7; 2,3,4,5,9; 2,3,4,6,8; 2,3,5,6,7;
24: 1,2,4,8,9; 1,2,5,7,9; 1,2,6,7,8; 1,3,4,7,9; 1,3,5,6,9; 1,3,5,7,8; 1,4,5,6,8; 2,3,4,6,9; 2,3,4,7,8; 2,3,5,6,8; 2,4,5,6,7;
25: 1,2,5,8,9; 1,2,6,7,9; 1,3,4,9,8; 1,3,5,7,9; 1,3,6,7,8; 1,4,5,6,9; 1,4,5,7,8; 2,3,4,7,9; 2,3,5,6,9; 2,3,5,7,8; 2,4,5,6,8; 3,4,5,6,7;
26: 1,2,6,8,9; 1,3,5,8,9; 1,3,6,7,9; 1,4,5,7,9; 1,4,6,7,8; 2,3,4,8,9; 2,3,5,7,9; 2,3,6,7,8; 2,4,5,6,9; 2,4,5,7,8; 3,4,5,6,8;
27: 1,2,7,8,9; 1,3,6,8,9; 1,4,5,8,9; 1,4,6,7,9; 1,5,6,7,8; 2,3,5,8,9; 2,3,6,7,9; 2,4,5,7,9; 2,4,6,7,8; 3,4,5,6,9; 3,4,5,7,8;
28: 1,3,7,8,9; 1,4,6,8,9; 1,5,6,7,9; 2,3,6,8,9; 2,4,5,8,9; 2,4,6,7,9; 2,5,6,7,8; 3,4,5,7,9; 3,4,6,7,8;
29: 1,4,7,8,9; 1,5,6,8,9; 2,3,7,8,9; 2,4,6,8,9; 2,5,6,7,9; 3,4,5,8,9; 3,4,6,7,9; 3,5,6,7,8;
30: 1,5,7,8,9; 2,4,7,8,9; 2,5,6,8,9; 3,4,6,8,9; 3,5,6,7,9; 4,5,6,7,8;
31: 1,6,7,8,9; 2,5,7,8,9; 3,4,7,8,9; 3,5,6,8,9; 4,5,6,7,9;
32: 2,6,7,8,9; 3,5,7,8,9; 4,5,6,8,9;
33: 3,6,7,8,9; 4,5,7,8,9;
34: 4,6,7,8,9;
35: 5,6,7,8,9;
Sextuplets:
21: 1,2,3,4,5,6;
22: 1,2,3,4,5,7;
23: 1,2,3,4,5,8; 1,2,3,4,6,7;
24: 1,2,3,4,5,9; 1,2,3,4,6,8; 1,2,3,5,6,7;
25: 1,2,3,4,6,9; 1,2,3,4,7,8; 1,2,3,5,6,8; 1,2,4,5,6,7;
26: 1,2,3,4,7,9; 1,2,3,5,6,9; 1,2,3,5,7,8; 1,2,4,5,6,8; 1,3,4,5,6,7;
27: 1,2,3,4,8,9; 1,2,3,5,7,9; 1,2,3,6,7,8; 1,2,4,5,6,9; 1,2,4,5,7,8; 1,3,4,5,6,8; 2,3,4,5,6,7;
28: 1,2,3,5,8,9; 1,2,3,6,7,9; 1,2,4,5,7,9; 1,2,4,6,7,8; 1,3,4,5,6,9; 1,3,4,5,7,8; 2,3,4,5,6,8;
29: 1,2,3,6,8,9; 1,2,4,5,8,9; 1,2,4,6,7,9; 1,2,5,6,7,8; 1,3,4,5,7,9; 1,3,4,6,7,8; 2,3,4,5,6,9; 2,3,4,5,7,8;
30: 1,2,3,7,8,9; 1,2,4,6,8,9; 1,2,5,6,7,9; 1,3,4,5,8,9; 1,3,4,6,7,9; 1,3,5,6,7,8; 2,3,4,5,7,9; 2,3,4,6,7,8;
31: 1,2,4,7,8,9; 1,2,5,6,8,9; 1,3,4,6,8,9; 1,3,5,6,7,9; 1,4,5,6,7,8; 2,3,4,5,8,9; 2,3,4,6,7,9; 2,3,5,6,7,8;
32: 1,2,5,7,8,9; 1,3,4,7,8,9; 1,3,5,6,8,9; 1,4,5,6,7,9; 2,3,4,6,8,9; 2,3,5,6,7,9; 2,4,5,6,7,8;
33: 1,2,6,7,8,9; 1,3,5,7,8,9; 1,4,5,6,8,9; 2,3,4,7,8,9; 2,3,5,6,8,9; 2,4,5,6,7,9; 3,4,5,6,7,8;
34: 1,3,6,7,8,9; 1,4,5,7,8,9; 2,3,5,7,8,9; 2,4,5,6,8,9; 3,4,5,6,7,9;
35: 1,4,6,7,8,9; 2,3,6,7,8,9; 2,4,5,7,8,9; 3,4,5,6,8,9;
36: 1,5,6,7,8,9; 2,4,6,7,8,9; 3,4,5,7,8,9;
37: 2,5,6,7,8,9; 3,4,6,7,8,9;
38: 3,5,6,7,8,9;
39: 4,5,6,7,8,9; |