FUTOSHIKI (5X5) ONLINE

HOW TO DO FUTOSHIKI PUZZLES

• Start with a small futoshiki like a 5x5.
• Try fo find forced minimum and maximum values.
• Look at the inequality signs and try to eliminate some of the candidatess for the squares.
• Check each row and column and look for a square with only 1 candidate.
• When you have found the correct digit for a square then you can eliminate this digit as a candidate from some other squares.
• Sometimes you have to combine solving techniques.

 

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Learn our futoshiki solving tips and you will be able to solve difficult puzzles.

Futoshiki means not equal and is a logical puzzle from Japan. The solution is a Latin square where the numbers 1 to n (n = 5 for our puzzles) must be entered once in each row and column.

There is a symbol > (= greater than) or <(= less than) between certain cells to help you solve the futoshiki puzzle. It is a popular sudoku variant.

You can't change the numbers that are already on the grid when you start. We have given these numbers a bold font.

Follow the steps below to solve a futoshiki puzzle from our database.

• LEV: choose your starting level.
• PUZZLE: enter a number of a futoshiki puzzle.
• START: this futoshiki puzzle is now loaded.
• Click on ⏭ to go to the next puzzle.
• Choose a cell where you want to enter a number. This cell will then turn yellow.
• Choose one of the 5 big numbers if you are sure of your choice
• Choose two or more of the 5 small numbers to indicate possible candidates
• If you select a number when the cell already has a number, then this new number will replace the previous number.
• You can make a cell empty by clicking on the number that is already in the cell.
• Click on ✓ to check the futoshiki puzzle. The wrong cells turn red. If the puzzle is completely correct, all cells will turn yellow.
• Click on SOL to show the solution of the futoshiki puzzle.