WingsDiabolical boards

WXYZ-Wing

Four squares that between them hold only four numbers, where every number but one can fill at most one of them. That one number must be in the group, so a square that sees all its copies can't have it.

The four squaresLoses a pencil mark

The odd one out

Every number in the group but one sits in squares that all see each other. That one is the number the group is sure to hold.

How to spot one

Look for four squares, in a box and a line through it, whose options come to four numbers. The number whose squares don't all see each other is the one that clears.

What it gives you

Usually one removal, in a square that sees every copy of that number in the group.

Practise WXYZ-Wing

Boards that need it, with the owl's hints when you're stuck.

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