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title: "Mistake Rush #18: 5 Sudoku Boards, 5 Mistakes | Sudoku Flow"
description: "Five small Sudoku boards, one wrong number in each. Mistake Rush #18: count how many you find, then check every answer."
url: https://sudokuflow.com/puzzles/mistake-rush-18/
language: en
---

[Puzzles](https://sudokuflow.com/puzzles/) / Mistake Rush #18

Mistake Rush

# Mistake Rush #18

Five small boards, one wrong number in each. In the video you get a few seconds per board; here you can take your time.

[Watch on YouTube](https://youtube.com/shorts/aCTrTQSEmc4)

## Board 1 · 4×4

Tap the digit you think is wrong.

Mistake Rush #18 · Board 1 · 4×4:

```text
1  3  | 2* 4
4* .  | .  3
------+------
2  4* | 3* 1
1* .  | .  .
```
Digits marked * were filled in by a player; the others were printed with the puzzle.

<details>
<summary>Show the answer</summary>

It's the blue 1 in row 4, column 1. Column 1 already has a printed 1 (row 1, column 1). A printed digit can't be wrong, so the blue one is. The right digit for that cell is 3.

</details>

## Board 2 · 4×4

Tap the digit you think is wrong.

Mistake Rush #18 · Board 2 · 4×4:

```text
4* 1* | 2  .
.  2  | 1  4
------+------
.  .  | .  1*
2* 3* | 4  2
```
Digits marked * were filled in by a player; the others were printed with the puzzle.

<details>
<summary>Show the answer</summary>

It's the blue 2 in row 4, column 1. Row 4 already has a printed 2 (row 4, column 4). A printed digit can't be wrong, so the blue one is. The right digit for that cell is 1.

</details>

## Board 3 · 6×6

Tap the digit you think is wrong.

Mistake Rush #18 · Board 3 · 6×6:

```text
1  3  5* | .  .  6*
6  2* 4  | .  3* .
---------+---------
4  5  3* | .  6* 1
.  1  6  | 3  5* 4
---------+---------
.  .  2  | 6* .  3
3* 6* 4* | 5  .  2
```
Digits marked * were filled in by a player; the others were printed with the puzzle.

<details>
<summary>Show the answer</summary>

It's the blue 4 in row 6, column 3. Column 3 already has a printed 4 (row 2, column 3). A printed digit can't be wrong, so the blue one is. The right digit for that cell is 1.

</details>

## Board 4 · 6×6

Tap the digit you think is wrong.

Mistake Rush #18 · Board 4 · 6×6:

```text
6  .  1  | 3* .  6*
3* .  .  | 2* 1* .
---------+---------
1  3* 6  | 4  .  .
2  5  .  | .  6  .
---------+---------
5  1* 3* | 6  4  2
4  6* 2* | 5  3  1*
```
Digits marked * were filled in by a player; the others were printed with the puzzle.

<details>
<summary>Show the answer</summary>

It's the blue 6 in row 1, column 6. Row 1 already has a printed 6 (row 1, column 1). A printed digit can't be wrong, so the blue one is. The right digit for that cell is 4.

</details>

## Board 5 · 6×6

Tap the digit you think is wrong.

Mistake Rush #18 · Board 5 · 6×6:

```text
1  3* 4  | 5  6  2*
5* 2* .  | 4  .  3
---------+---------
3  4* .  | .  5* 6
6* 5* .  | .  4  1*
---------+---------
1* .  .  | 6  3  4
4  6  .  | 1  2* .
```
Digits marked * were filled in by a player; the others were printed with the puzzle.

<details>
<summary>Show the answer</summary>

It's the blue 1 in row 5, column 1. Column 1 already has a printed 1 (row 1, column 1). A printed digit can't be wrong, so the blue one is. The right digit for that cell is 2.

</details>

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