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Try this Easy Kakuro puzzle on ThePuzzleLabs.

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How to Play Kakuro

Rules

  • Fill every white cell with a digit from 1 to 9.
  • Each clue number shows the sum of its entry (horizontal or vertical run of white cells).
  • No digit may repeat within an entry.
  • Clue cells show across sums (bottom-left) and down sums (top-right), separated by a diagonal.

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • 1-9 Place digit
  • Delete Erase cell
  • ↑↓←→ Navigate
  • N Toggle notes
  • U Undo
  • H Hint

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This will fill in the complete solution. The puzzle will be marked as “solved with reveal” rather than self-solved.

About easy kakuro

Easy kakuro uses small grids (6 to 8 cells per side) with short entries of 2 to 3 cells. The small entry sizes mean each clue has very few valid digit combinations. A 2-cell entry with sum 3 can only be 1+2. A 2-cell entry with sum 17 can only be 8+9. These forced combinations give you free placements from the start.

At this level, the main technique is working through entries one at a time. Find entries with only one valid combination, place those digits, then see how the new information narrows candidates in crossing entries. The small grid size means you're never far from another forced placement.

Once easy puzzles take you under 5 minutes, move to medium.