THE PLAYBOOK · 850305
How to play Kakuro
This 850305 page combines Kakuro with a guide to the decisions it asks you to make. Complete a 4×4 sum grid with digits 1–9, no repeats in any row or column, and the displayed totals. Use read the feedback to give your round a clear purpose.
Twelve teaching sum-grid puzzles. This is not a full blocked-grid newspaper Kakuro layout.
Read the feedback
Status messages explain the current state and rejected actions. Check them when an action does not behave as you expected.
Your goal
Complete a 4×4 sum grid with digits 1–9, no repeats in any row or column, and the displayed totals.
Step by step
- Compare a row total with its fixed entries.
- Use the column total for the same blank.
- Enter digits 1–9.
- Check puzzle verifies totals and non-repetition.
Controls
Click or tap squares or graph edges. Number boards include a digit pad. Undo reverses the previous change; Check puzzle validates the solution.
A useful example
A row total 18 with fixed values 2, 4 and 7 requires 5 in the remaining cell.
Watch out for this
Repeated digits in a run are forbidden even when the sum matches.
Common questions
What is included in this edition?
Twelve teaching sum-grid puzzles. This is not a full blocked-grid newspaper Kakuro layout.
Which controls should I use?
Click or tap squares or graph edges. Number boards include a digit pad. Undo reverses the previous change; Check puzzle validates the solution.
Can you show a concrete example?
A row total 18 with fixed values 2, 4 and 7 requires 5 in the remaining cell.