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Chain reasoning

Pick a cell you can't decide. Try owl; try fox. If some other cell ends up the same either way, that other cell is settled.

Technique 7 of 7 · By Luke Welch · Updated 16 September 2026
Pip: Cell 1 could be either — but follow both branches and cell 4 comes out an owl in each. Place cell 4, and the rest falls.
Interactive example · 1 of 1 · tap the empty cells

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