Daily Sudoku for October 13, 2026

The daily sudoku challenge for Tuesday, October 13, 2026 — a free easy 9×9 puzzle with a verified unique solution. Tuesday keeps things gentle with another easy grid — a good day to practice finishing without pencil marks.

Starting grid

Daily Challenge

Mistakes: 0 Time: 00:00

Puzzle Facts

Difficulty: Easy · Clues: 41 of 81 cells (40 to solve)
Clues per digit: 1 ×4, 2 ×7, 3 ×4, 4 ×3, 5 ×5, 6 ×4, 7 ×5, 8 ×5, 9 ×4
Digit 2 is the most clued with 7 appearances.
Warm-up hint: the 2nd row has the most clues (7) — a good place to start.
Watch the 2nd column: only 3 of its nine cells are clued, so it holds 6 of the puzzle's open questions.
Box note: the 2nd 3×3 box is the emptiest with just 3 clues — it will demand the most cross-hatching.

Puzzle snapshot for the 286th day of the year.

Technique focus for this grid

Endgame discipline. When a grid is two-thirds done, stop guessing and count. Rows and columns missing exactly two digits create forced pairs — solving one usually cascades through the rest of the board.

Clue map

Prefer solving on paper? Transcribe today's grid from this list:

Row 1: c3 = 1, c4 = 5, c7 = 2
Row 2: c1 = 6, c3 = 2, c4 = 8, c5 = 1, c7 = 5, c8 = 7, c9 = 3
Row 3: c1 = 4, c8 = 6, c9 = 8
Row 4: c2 = 4, c3 = 9, c4 = 1, c9 = 7
Row 5: c1 = 3, c3 = 7, c4 = 9, c5 = 2, c6 = 8, c7 = 4, c9 = 1
Row 6: c1 = 5, c6 = 7, c7 = 6, c8 = 2
Row 7: c1 = 9, c2 = 2, c9 = 5
Row 8: c1 = 8, c2 = 7, c3 = 6, c5 = 5, c6 = 3, c7 = 9, c9 = 2
Row 9: c3 = 3, c6 = 2, c7 = 8

Everyone who played on this date solved the same puzzle: it is generated deterministically from the date itself, and the starting grid above shows exactly what appeared on the board that day. Your in-progress game saves automatically in your browser.

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