Murdoku technique library
Murdoku Solving Techniques
These guides teach reusable reasoning, not answers to one case. Open the official puzzle beside the guide, keep candidate notes, and use only the technique that matches your current bottleneck.
How to use this library
Start with clue wording if a sentence feels ambiguous. Use directions and coordinates when translating a clue onto the board. Move to forced occupancy and room capacity only after you have written down the remaining candidates.
Room capacity & empty rooms
Count legal space without inventing a one-person-per-room rule.
Read the technique → 02Forced occupancy
Turn singles, unique cells, and locked sets into safe progress.
Read the technique → 03Clue wording
Read only, at least, beside, and directional phrases literally.
Read the technique → 04Directions & coordinates
Translate north, south, rows, columns, and offsets onto the grid.
Read the technique →Source
Screenshots are existing excerpts from official Murdoku interfaces used for explanation. The simplified diagrams are original teaching aids and are not playable official puzzles.
