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ABCD (Posted on 2006-11-26) Difficulty: 4 of 5

A

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Every cell in the 6x6 grid contains one of four letters, namely, A, B, C or D. No letter can be horizontally or vertically adjacent to itself. The tables above and to the left of the grid indicate how many times each letter appears in that column or row.

Can you complete the grid?

  Submitted by Josie Faulkner    
Rating: 4.4118 (17 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
          
                  +++++++++++++++++++++++++
                A + 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 +
                  +---+---+---+---+---+---+
                B + 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 +
                  +---+---+---+---+---+---+
                C + 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 +
                  +---+---+---+---+---+---+
    A   B   C   D + 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 +
  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  + 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 + A | B | C | D | C | D +
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  + 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 + D | C | A | B | A | B +   
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  + 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 + C | B | C | D | C | D +   
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  + 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 + A | D | A | B | D | A +   
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  + 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 + D | B | D | C | A | B +   
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  + 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 + B | C | A | B | C | A +   
  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Let r = row and c = column; let A, B, C and D refer to the entries in the grid.

In r3, the three Cs must be in c1, c3 and c5, because C cannot appear in c6. This places B/D in c2, c4 and c6.
In r4, two of the As must appear in c1 and c3, which places B/D in c2 and c4; A/D in c5 and A/B/D in c6.
In c3, there must be an A in r6, which places A/C/D in r1; A/D in r2 and C/D in r5.
In c5, there must be a C in r1, which places A/D in r2; A/C/D in r5 and A/C in r6.

Now let us move to the rest of the options.

In c1, r1 and r2 are A/B/D; r5 is B/D and r6 is A/B. As there are two Ds in the column, r5 must be a D.
In c2, r1 and r2 are B/C/D; r5 and r6 are B/C.
In c4, r1 is B/D; r2 and r5 are B/C/D and r6 is B/C.
In c6, r1, r2 and r5 are A/B/D and r6 is A/B.
As there must be two Cs in r6, c2 has to be one of them. This makes r5c2 a B; r4c2 a D; r3c2 a B; r1c2 a B and r2c2 a C.
As the only B has now been placed in r3, the two remaining cells must be Ds. Now, we can place a B in r4c4. This makes r4c6 an A and r4c5 a D. From this, we can deduce that r2c5 is A, leaving r5c5 and r6c5 as A/C.
Now, r2c6 has to be a B, leaving A/D in r1c6 and B/D in r5c6.

In c4, there has to be a B in r6, which places a C in r6c5 and an A in r5c5. The only place for the other B in r5 is in c6, which makes r6c6 an A; r1c6 a D and r6c1 a B.

Now, look at r1. The only place for the other C is in c3, which puts a D in r5c3; a C in r5c4 and an A in r2c3.
As the only B has already been placed in r1, r1c4 must be D and r1c1 must be A. This puts a D in r2c1 and a B in r2c4.

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)
  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsPuzzle AnswerK Sengupta2022-02-25 00:58:55
re: the solutionJosie Faulkner2007-02-06 04:53:33
Solutionthe solutionaxf2007-02-05 05:04:22
re: nice and hardJosie Faulkner2007-01-13 11:34:41
nice and hardassaf2007-01-13 11:03:38
re: there might be other solutions also....Josie Faulkner2006-12-30 17:17:11
there might be other solutions also....vivek2006-12-30 16:46:04
re: No SubjectJosie Faulkner2006-12-29 06:04:35
No SubjectNevine2006-12-14 10:02:41
No SubjectTerry2006-12-08 19:44:44
re: No SubjectJosie Faulkner2006-12-04 18:07:53
No SubjectChris2006-12-04 14:33:07
re: Just wondering...Josie Faulkner2006-11-29 03:07:59
Just wondering...George2006-11-28 19:39:35
re(6): Another Solution?Josie Faulkner2006-11-28 18:49:13
re(5): Another Solution?Penny2006-11-28 18:09:50
re(4): Another Solution?Josie Faulkner2006-11-28 13:57:18
re(3): Another Solution?Penny2006-11-28 10:11:29
re: That was fun.Josie Faulkner2006-11-28 02:45:15
re(2): Another Solution?Josie Faulkner2006-11-28 02:42:19
That was fun.George2006-11-27 21:28:58
re: Another Solution?Penny2006-11-27 20:28:30
re: Great puzzleJosie Faulkner2006-11-27 19:41:09
re: Another Solution?Josie Faulkner2006-11-27 18:58:21
Another Solution?Guest2006-11-27 18:18:38
Great puzzletootone2006-11-26 20:58:24
re: solution unique --- and how the computer program finds itJosie Faulkner2006-11-26 14:49:46
re: If you got it, flaunt it!Josie Faulkner2006-11-26 14:48:01
Solutionsolution unique --- and how the computer program finds itCharlie2006-11-26 13:07:29
SolutionIf you got it, flaunt it!Federico Kereki2006-11-26 12:52:13
re(2): SolutionJosie Faulkner2006-11-26 12:38:12
re: SolutionJyqm2006-11-26 11:44:07
SolutionSolutionPenny2006-11-26 10:34:18
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