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Jellyfish

Expert Removes candidates Used in: Sudoku, Killer Sudoku

Jellyfish

The four-line fish: a digit across four rows is confined to the same four columns. As with the X-Wing and Swordfish, the digit is then eliminated from those four columns in every other row.

How to spot it

The four-by-four fish: a digit across four rows confined to four columns.

What you can conclude

Remove the digit from those four columns everywhere else.

Worked example

Four rows confine 2 to four columns — the same logic as an X-Wing, one size larger.

Related techniques

X-Wing · Swordfish · Finned Fish