Candidate

A possible cell where a suspect could be placed, marked before committing to a final position.

Game Mechanics

Explanation

In harder puzzles, you cannot always place suspects immediately. Instead, you track candidates — the set of cells a suspect could potentially occupy given current constraints. As you gather more clues, candidate sets shrink until only one cell remains.

Example

Cameron might have candidates at (2,3), (2,5), and (4,3). When another suspect is placed at (2,5), Cameron's candidates reduce to (2,3) and (4,3).

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