Daily Sudoku for October 25, 2026

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The daily sudoku for October 25, 2026 is a Hard puzzle with 26 clues and an SE rating of 3.5. 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 Hard daily sudoku for October 25, 2026.
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r16138
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r428
r57
r63941
r73591
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Difficulty
Hard
SE rating
3.5
Solution steps
60

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 Sashimi X-Wing. 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 3 in r2c2. Hidden Single
  2. The Hidden Single places 2 in r1c2. Hidden Single
  3. The Hidden Single places 2 in r7c3. Hidden Single
  4. The Hidden Single places 2 in r6c7. Hidden Single
  5. The Hidden Single places 3 in r9c6. Hidden Single
  6. The Hidden Single places 3 in r5c4. Hidden Single
  7. The Hidden Single places 7 in r3c8. Hidden Single
  8. The Pointing Pair removes 1 from r2c6, r3c6. Pointing Pair
  9. The Naked Single places 5 in r3c6. Naked Single
  10. The Hidden Single places 5 in r1c3. Hidden Single
  11. The Hidden Single places 9 in r1c5. Hidden Single
  12. The Hidden Single places 4 in r1c4. Hidden Single
  13. The Full House places 7 in r1c6. Full House
  14. The Hidden Single places 4 in r3c2. Hidden Single
  15. The Hidden Single places 4 in r5c1. Hidden Single
  16. The Hidden Single places 5 in r6c1. Hidden Single
  17. The Hidden Single places 9 in r3c3. Hidden Single
  18. The Full House places 1 in r3c4. Full House
  19. The Full House places 1 in r2c1. Full House
  20. The Hidden Single places 9 in r8c1. Hidden Single
  21. The Full House places 7 in r9c1. Full House
  22. The Hidden Single places 5 in r8c4. Hidden Single
  23. The Hidden Single places 7 in r7c4. Hidden Single
  24. The Full House places 6 in r2c4. Full House
  25. The Hidden Single places 7 in r8c9. Hidden Single
  26. The Hidden Single places 3 in r8c7. Hidden Single
  27. The Hidden Single places 3 in r4c9. Hidden Single
  28. The Hidden Single places 8 in r7c7. Hidden Single
  29. The Naked Pair removes 1, 6 from r4c2, r4c2, r4c5, r4c8. Naked Pair
  30. The Sashimi X-Wing removes 6 from r5c2, r6c2. Sashimi X-Wing
  31. The Pointing Pair removes 6 from r9c3. Pointing Pair
  32. The Sashimi X-Wing removes 6 from r9c8. Sashimi X-Wing
  33. The Hidden Single places 6 in r7c9. Hidden Single
  34. The Full House places 4 in r7c5. Full House
  35. The Full House places 4 in r9c8. Full House
  36. The Hidden Single places 4 in r4c7. Hidden Single
  37. The Full House places 5 in r2c7. Full House
  38. The Hidden Single places 4 in r2c9. Hidden Single
  39. The Full House places 9 in r5c9. Full House
  40. The Full House places 9 in r2c8. Full House
  41. The Hidden Single places 9 in r4c2. Hidden Single
  42. The Hidden Single places 7 in r6c2. Hidden Single
  43. The Hidden Single places 7 in r4c5. Hidden Single
  44. The Hidden Single places 5 in r5c5. Hidden Single
  45. The Hidden Single places 2 in r5c6. Hidden Single
  46. The Hidden Single places 2 in r2c5. Hidden Single
  47. The Full House places 8 in r2c6. Full House
  48. The Hidden Single places 8 in r9c5. Hidden Single
  49. The Full House places 6 in r6c5. Full House
  50. The Full House places 8 in r6c8. Full House
  51. The Full House places 1 in r4c6. Full House
  52. The Full House places 6 in r8c6. Full House
  53. The Full House places 8 in r8c2. Full House
  54. The Hidden Single places 6 in r9c2. Hidden Single
  55. The Full House places 1 in r5c2. Full House
  56. The Full House places 1 in r9c3. Full House
  57. The Hidden Single places 8 in r5c3. Hidden Single
  58. The Full House places 6 in r4c3. Full House
  59. The Full House places 5 in r4c8. Full House
  60. The Full House places 6 in r5c8. Full House
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The completed grid for October 25, 2026.
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r9761283945

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