Daily Sudoku for September 26, 2026

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The daily sudoku for September 26, 2026 is a Medium puzzle with 27 clues and an SE rating of 3.4. It is the same grid the Suuudokuuu app serves as its daily challenge that day, everywhere in the world: the board is forged from the UTC date alone, so the app, this page and the archive all arrive at it independently.

The Medium daily sudoku for September 26, 2026.
c1c2c3c4c5c6c7c8c9
r172489
r21
r34831
r43157
r563
r694
r754
r86748
r9915
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Difficulty
Medium
SE rating
3.4
Solution steps
59

Techniques this puzzle needs

Solved the way the SE rating measures it, reaching for the cheapest technique that still makes progress, this puzzle needs Full House, Naked Single, Hidden Single, Pointing Pair, Naked Pair and Hidden Pair. The hardest of them sets its rating; the sudoku difficulty rating guide explains the scale.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. The Hidden Single places 1 in r1c6. Hidden Single
  2. The Hidden Single places 3 in r1c8. Hidden Single
  3. The Hidden Single places 4 in r9c1. Hidden Single
  4. The Hidden Single places 9 in r3c1. Hidden Single
  5. The Hidden Single places 4 in r2c8. Hidden Single
  6. The Hidden Single places 1 in r6c9. Hidden Single
  7. The Hidden Single places 1 in r5c4. Hidden Single
  8. The Naked Single places 5 in r1c1. Naked Single
  9. The Full House places 6 in r1c5. Full House
  10. The Naked Single places 2 in r2c5. Naked Single
  11. The Naked Single places 6 in r3c3. Naked Single
  12. The Hidden Single places 6 in r7c2. Hidden Single
  13. The Naked Single places 2 in r8c1. Naked Single
  14. The Pointing Pair removes 8 from r4c6, r5c6, r6c6. Pointing Pair
  15. The Pointing Pair removes 9 from r7c7, r7c8. Pointing Pair
  16. The Pointing Pair removes 7 from r3c8. Pointing Pair
  17. The Naked Pair removes 2, 6 from r4c8, r4c8. Naked Pair
  18. The Hidden Pair removes 8, 5, 7 from r4c3, r5c3, r5c3, r5c3. Hidden Pair
  19. The Hidden Single places 7 in r5c6. Hidden Single
  20. The Hidden Single places 7 in r3c9. Hidden Single
  21. The Hidden Single places 7 in r2c4. Hidden Single
  22. The Hidden Single places 9 in r2c6. Hidden Single
  23. The Full House places 5 in r3c6. Full House
  24. The Full House places 2 in r3c8. Full House
  25. The Hidden Single places 5 in r2c7. Hidden Single
  26. The Full House places 6 in r2c9. Full House
  27. The Full House places 2 in r4c9. Full House
  28. The Hidden Single places 9 in r7c4. Hidden Single
  29. The Hidden Single places 2 in r5c2. Hidden Single
  30. The Hidden Single places 5 in r5c8. Hidden Single
  31. The Hidden Single places 8 in r5c5. Hidden Single
  32. The Full House places 4 in r4c5. Full House
  33. The Hidden Single places 4 in r5c3. Hidden Single
  34. The Full House places 9 in r5c7. Full House
  35. The Hidden Single places 6 in r9c7. Hidden Single
  36. The Hidden Single places 2 in r7c7. Hidden Single
  37. The Full House places 3 in r8c7. Full House
  38. The Hidden Single places 3 in r2c2. Hidden Single
  39. The Full House places 8 in r2c3. Full House
  40. The Hidden Single places 8 in r6c2. Hidden Single
  41. The Full House places 5 in r8c2. Full House
  42. The Hidden Single places 8 in r7c1. Hidden Single
  43. The Full House places 7 in r6c1. Full House
  44. The Hidden Single places 8 in r9c6. Hidden Single
  45. The Hidden Single places 2 in r6c6. Hidden Single
  46. The Hidden Single places 2 in r9c4. Hidden Single
  47. The Full House places 3 in r6c4. Full House
  48. The Full House places 6 in r4c6. Full House
  49. The Full House places 3 in r7c6. Full House
  50. The Hidden Single places 3 in r9c3. Hidden Single
  51. The Full House places 7 in r9c8. Full House
  52. The Hidden Single places 7 in r7c3. Hidden Single
  53. The Full House places 1 in r7c8. Full House
  54. The Full House places 1 in r8c3. Full House
  55. The Full House places 9 in r8c8. Full House
  56. The Naked Single places 9 in r4c3. Naked Single
  57. The Full House places 5 in r6c3. Full House
  58. The Full House places 8 in r4c8. Full House
  59. The Full House places 6 in r6c8. Full House
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The completed grid for September 26, 2026.
c1c2c3c4c5c6c7c8c9
r1572461839
r2138729546
r3946835127
r4319546782
r5624187953
r6785392461
r7867953214
r8251674398
r9493218675

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