The XY Wing a.k.a. the Y Wing: A Useful Sudoku Solving Technique When You Are STUCK !!!

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  • Lesson #12: In Lesson 10 and 11 of my "lessons" series, I covered x wings and the swordfish. the XY wing is an extension of both of these Sudoku solving techniques, and the logic is the same. I cover three different examples of the XY wing in this lesson, please pause and rewind until you understand the technique. It will serve you well in solving harder level Sudoku puzzles. Thanks for watching!
    Timestamps:
    Definition: 00:15
    Example 1: 00:52
    Example 2: 04:30
    Example 3: 06:55

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  • @OsmanEralp
    @OsmanEralp ปีที่แล้ว +72

    When the XY is shown to me, it becomes obvious. However, the odd of me finding one in the wild are slim to none!

    • @An0.nym.0us
      @An0.nym.0us 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Согласен на 100%! Быстрее банальным перебором решить судоку, чем искать (и не найти) необходимые пары. 😏

    • @joshuahenry2138
      @joshuahenry2138 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm having trouble identifying the pivot..

  • @gjaeigjiajeg
    @gjaeigjiajeg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This is by far the best and most detailed explanation that I've heard. Such a good explanation that is clear. Thank you so much!!

  • @nobitanobi2417
    @nobitanobi2417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Thanks mam, and please never stop. Your Sudoku tutorials are top-notch.

  • @brigittemercier9421
    @brigittemercier9421 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excellent lesson. I have watched many sudoku tutorial and nobody taught this method. Your video are very well explained logically and very well demonstrated with visual cues.

  • @ralphmaynard8297
    @ralphmaynard8297 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    best explanation of the XY Wing I've come across. Thanks!

  • @trooks4481
    @trooks4481 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your instructional technique is excellent!

  • @vedlatajohn
    @vedlatajohn 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was so helpful. Thank you. I’ve watched other videos but never really got it before!

  • @ianw2137
    @ianw2137 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video - I’ve watched this video three times over the past week and today I finally found and solved an xy wing. It feels great to have spotted an xy wing and worked out the logic. I have been struggling with the xy concept for sometime and this video make total sense to me. Thank you.

  • @sudokucafe
    @sudokucafe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great Lesson. XY wings are very hard to find (for me anyway). I enjoyed your explanation.

  • @brianfielden9320
    @brianfielden9320 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent presentation. Spot on explanation...simple, elegant, easy to understand!

  • @DeinaOKC
    @DeinaOKC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been confusing y wings with swordfish. Your explanations are helping me so much!

  • @louisanaclara
    @louisanaclara ปีที่แล้ว

    Very clear explanation, with different examples. Thanks to you, i've got it at last! Many thanks.

  • @bnewman2544
    @bnewman2544 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is best XY Wing example ever! I can actually do them now. Thank you!

  • @seastheday1052
    @seastheday1052 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic explanation! This is a very difficult topic to explain with clarity and rarely does the light go on in my head, like it did when watching this video. Thank you very much!

  • @randyfleet9968
    @randyfleet9968 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great explanation! Thanks!

  • @SlothRunClubReady_Set_No
    @SlothRunClubReady_Set_No 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the best explanation I've come across! Thanks!

  • @greycesantos3093
    @greycesantos3093 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such great explanation, examples and practice! Really, really clear to understand. Thanks a lot!!!

  • @TheLifeOfJess
    @TheLifeOfJess 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ahh thank you so much! I finially get it 🎉❤ Great multiple examples, that’s what helped me understand the formula. Thank you again! So satisfying to unlock the puzzle

  • @fernandamonteiro5181
    @fernandamonteiro5181 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMG u r so amazing!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing this info!!

  • @pizzita_fps
    @pizzita_fps ปีที่แล้ว

    best explanation of the XY Wing Thanks

  • @noelwass4738
    @noelwass4738 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for these techniques. I have been learning the XY-wing and the related XYZ-wing from Learn Something and I am hoping this technique will help me solve sudokus that so far I have not been able to solve.

  • @gowthampavanaskar1889
    @gowthampavanaskar1889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you!!!

  • @noelwass4738
    @noelwass4738 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What I found tricky here was the reduction for eliminating the possibilities. Looking at example 1 the possibilities were (2368) for cell positioned at (2,3) of block (1,2). This was rapidly stated to be of only possible values (36). This was the pivot cell and so was an essential piece of the argument. I was struggling to see how the other possibilities were eliminated.

  • @vaidehimishra4351
    @vaidehimishra4351 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much!❤ This was a very well explained video❤

  • @ujjwalrao6832
    @ujjwalrao6832 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks a lot very nice video

  • @davidmagoon2562
    @davidmagoon2562 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great tutorial!

  • @Pindi44
    @Pindi44 ปีที่แล้ว

    This looks like a powerful tool, very well explained by you, thank you. However, one needs practice in spotting the 3 cells.

  • @ScottLRoyal
    @ScottLRoyal ปีที่แล้ว

    A Wonderful explanation. Thank You.

  • @lenoregorman4688
    @lenoregorman4688 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not following very well, but definitely do a spot check now with the XY and it helps identifies the single # that goes in the box. I use probabilities which work only 90% of the time, though

  • @kolst8406
    @kolst8406 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I copied this puzzle a couple of months ago, stowed it away, and tried to solve it on my own this morning. I found a different y wing: cells 41, 63 (pivot) and 69 which combined eliminate the 469 in cell 61, leaving a 3 for that cell. Maybe technically it's not a y wing but I think it works.

    • @LearnSomethingNewEveryDay
      @LearnSomethingNewEveryDay  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the comment kolst8406! Whatever works, right? There's more than one way to solve most any puzzle. Have a great day!

  • @sastryramulavari4588
    @sastryramulavari4588 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    excellent

  • @hjeffrey668
    @hjeffrey668 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    很棒喔👍

  • @rosalieskodje8542
    @rosalieskodje8542 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How did the pivot cell jump from being 2368 to just 68 with no explanation?

    • @lenoregorman4688
      @lenoregorman4688 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's the exact place where I get confused, too.

  • @charlottewebb3364
    @charlottewebb3364 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Detailed and well explained. Gives me confidence to tackle some of the more challenging puzzles I am getting.
    Thanks very much for all your sudoku puzzles guides!

  • @Achieve.cookie
    @Achieve.cookie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good explanation thank u so much mam

  • @greenmanofkent
    @greenmanofkent 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For example 1 - I don't see how this is a y-wing. Both of the wing cells have only two candidates, yes, but BOTH candidates in each of the wing cells are also in the pivot cell. That is until at 1:05 two candidates in the pivot cell magically disappear to make the pattern fit the definition. How did you know which of the 4 original candidates in the pivot cell to eliminate?

  • @jodexxy
    @jodexxy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is hard to find them. First i try to see the "bent triple" . And if i found one ,then i try to make the XY-wing.

  • @WilsonFonseca-t1o
    @WilsonFonseca-t1o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can the pivot cell and the wings cells be in the same row??

  • @akiladevi6225
    @akiladevi6225 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In block 5 cell 7,8 also is peer cell
    Isn't it Mam In the third example

  • @FB-uj2jt
    @FB-uj2jt ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your easy learn way of explaining sodoku but canwe solve a sodoku puzzle without having to rely on x wings orxy wings

  • @ericknox9185
    @ericknox9185 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve got a puzzle with what appears to be an XY wing but it seems to cancel out the correct answer. I’d love to show this puzzle to someone who could help!

  • @BlueSky-qs3wp
    @BlueSky-qs3wp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It looks to me that any of the three cells can be considered pivot cell while the other two wings, right?

    • @andystamas
      @andystamas 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was thinking the same thing.

  • @betmenizorahovice4843
    @betmenizorahovice4843 ปีที่แล้ว

    if thats xy wing there is another one with the 79 in the middle box aka box 5, one wing is in box 2 contains 47 and the other wing is in the box 4 and contains 49, either way both box 2 and 4 could have number 4 but that solves nothing
    i wonder is it xy wing at all or it is but its just unusable xy wing
    someone ?

  • @hieutv.thebattlecats
    @hieutv.thebattlecats ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice

  • @JonJacks
    @JonJacks ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you say the answer I see the solution as clear as day and understand until I get another example. Idk, maybe I need Jesus to help me every time.

  • @HadiLounici
    @HadiLounici ปีที่แล้ว

    2nd example was not needed as we had a 1,5 double which would have left a naked 7 and a naked 8 which would have solved it a lot quicker.

  • @stevenfagaly3810
    @stevenfagaly3810 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched on my mobile and simply couldn't see the numbers.

  • @dennisdeyoung5428
    @dennisdeyoung5428 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For quite a while I have been trying to spot and figure out the xy wing. This video is the best explanation that I have found! Thanks!!

  • @burnedoils
    @burnedoils 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    well yes thats easy theres only a few numbers missing try that with an extremly hard one at beggining

  • @sadlemonissad1401
    @sadlemonissad1401 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    XY wing, Y wing, whatever, it looks like an L to me

  • @saganandroid4175
    @saganandroid4175 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:33 Instead of relying on Google first-page response, in the future how about curating/picking a clearer definition? Because Google's was awful. "unit".... okayyyy, what a uselessly broad term. Ugh. And how does it define "first"? It doesn't. If you're going to try to teach you have to use well-thought out materials that are appropriate to beginners. I think your videos have merit, but teaching is a skill that requires effort to think llike someone who knows little/nothing of the topic you are trying to teach. At 1:02 we see 6,B lose two candidates without explanation. You never explain HOW you spot an X/Y wing, they're just magically green now. Nor do you explain why that is the "pivot" cell (we have to guess it's related to intersection). Again, I think your vids have merit, but you need to proceed from the standpoint that the viewer does not know what you know.

  • @saganandroid4175
    @saganandroid4175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:53 Seriously? SERIOUSLY? That's your explanation for the naming? Seriously thinking about unsubscribing.

  • @JustFun-iz9rf
    @JustFun-iz9rf 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much. I don't think I have found anyone that has explained as well as you have so I subscribed

  • @devproco8063
    @devproco8063 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent explanation. I see so many how-to's that show what to look for but don't explain the exclusion logic. This is a very powerful demonstration and learning tool. Thank you.