Daily Sudoku for October 29, 2026

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The daily sudoku for October 29, 2026 is a Hard puzzle with 26 clues and an SE rating of 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 Hard daily sudoku for October 29, 2026.
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Difficulty
Hard
SE rating
4
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, Hidden Triple 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 9 in r6c1. Hidden Single
  2. The Hidden Single places 5 in r5c1. Hidden Single
  3. The Hidden Single places 9 in r9c2. Hidden Single
  4. The Hidden Single places 3 in r7c2. Hidden Single
  5. The Hidden Single places 8 in r3c8. Hidden Single
  6. The Hidden Single places 9 in r1c6. Hidden Single
  7. The Hidden Single places 7 in r7c1. Hidden Single
  8. The Hidden Single places 8 in r1c1. Hidden Single
  9. The Full House places 4 in r2c1. Full House
  10. The Hidden Single places 8 in r7c4. Hidden Single
  11. The Hidden Single places 4 in r7c8. Hidden Single
  12. The Full House places 1 in r7c6. Full House
  13. The Hidden Single places 4 in r4c7. Hidden Single
  14. The Hidden Single places 9 in r4c9. Hidden Single
  15. The Hidden Single places 9 in r2c7. Hidden Single
  16. The Hidden Single places 3 in r9c7. Hidden Single
  17. The Hidden Single places 5 in r6c7. Hidden Single
  18. The Full House places 8 in r5c7. Full House
  19. The Hidden Single places 1 in r8c9. Hidden Single
  20. The Full House places 5 in r9c8. Full House
  21. The Hidden Single places 7 in r1c2. Hidden Single
  22. The Hidden Single places 6 in r2c2. Hidden Single
  23. The Full House places 1 in r2c3. Full House
  24. The Naked Single places 6 in r1c8. Naked Single
  25. The Hidden Single places 6 in r6c9. Hidden Single
  26. The Naked Single places 7 in r5c9. Naked Single
  27. The Pointing Pair removes 4 from r1c5, r3c5. Pointing Pair
  28. The Sashimi X-Wing removes 2 from r8c2. Sashimi X-Wing
  29. The Naked Single places 8 in r8c2. Naked Single
  30. The Pointing Pair removes 2 from r4c3, r6c3. Pointing Pair
  31. The Naked Pair removes 1, 2 from r4c4, r4c4, r4c5, r4c5, r4c6. Naked Pair
  32. The Hidden Triple removes 3, 5, 1, 2 from r3c5, r4c5, r6c5, r6c5, r6c5. Hidden Triple
  33. The Hidden Single places 3 in r2c5. Hidden Single
  34. The Hidden Single places 2 in r2c4. Hidden Single
  35. The Full House places 5 in r2c9. Full House
  36. The Hidden Single places 3 in r3c9. Hidden Single
  37. The Full House places 4 in r1c9. Full House
  38. The Hidden Single places 4 in r3c4. Hidden Single
  39. The Hidden Single places 7 in r3c5. Hidden Single
  40. The Full House places 6 in r3c6. Full House
  41. The Hidden Single places 6 in r4c5. Hidden Single
  42. The Hidden Single places 8 in r4c3. Hidden Single
  43. The Hidden Single places 7 in r4c4. Hidden Single
  44. The Hidden Single places 5 in r1c4. Hidden Single
  45. The Full House places 1 in r1c5. Full House
  46. The Full House places 1 in r6c4. Full House
  47. The Hidden Single places 1 in r5c2. Hidden Single
  48. The Full House places 2 in r4c2. Full House
  49. The Full House places 2 in r5c5. Full House
  50. The Full House places 7 in r6c3. Full House
  51. The Hidden Single places 5 in r8c5. Hidden Single
  52. The Hidden Single places 4 in r8c3. Hidden Single
  53. The Full House places 2 in r9c3. Full House
  54. The Full House places 2 in r8c6. Full House
  55. The Full House places 4 in r9c5. Full House
  56. The Full House places 8 in r6c5. Full House
  57. The Naked Single places 5 in r4c6. Naked Single
  58. The Full House places 1 in r4c8. Full House
  59. The Full House places 3 in r6c6. Full House
  60. The Full House places 2 in r6c8. Full House
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The completed grid for October 29, 2026.
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