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Sudoku Terminology

Below is some terminology used throughout this website in referrence to Sudoku puzzles and solving them.

• Grid
  • The Grid is the 9X9 grid that makes up the board for Sudoku.
• Cell
  • A Cell is one of 81 squares that make up a Grid.
• Row
  • One of 9 horizontal rows within a Sudoku Grid.
    
    
• Column
  • One of 9 vertical columns within a Sudoku Grid.
    
    
• Box
  • One of 9 3X3 mini-grids within a Sudoku Grid.
    
    
• Peer
  • For any given cell there are 24 cells that are said to be Peers to that cell. 8 cells from the same row, 8 cells from the same column, and 8 cells from the same box.
    
    
• Candidate
  • An unsolved cell can have from 1 to 9 Candidates or posible solutions. In the example below the highlighted cell has the candidates 5 & 6.
    
    
• Given
  • There are several solved cells at the beginning of a Sudoku puzzle. These are the Given clues to help you solve the unsolved cells.