Division

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A division is a method by which the Sudoku grid is divided into 9 houses, each containing 9 cells. There are no overlapping areas between the houses within a single division.

Constraints which do not cover the entire grid, such as the diagonals in Sudoku-X, are not divisions.

Standard Sudoku Divisions

Rows
Horizontal lines
Columns
Vertical lines
Boxes
3x3 Boxes

Sudoku Variation Divisions

Windoku
4 window panes, 4 groups of styles and 1 disjoint group of corner cells.
Jigsaw
Irregular regions of 9 cells, also known as jigsaw pieces.

Related Terms

Part of
grid
Contains
9 houses | 81 cells