Hints for SUDOKU #34

Difficulty: Fiendish

Spoiler-safe hints for the SUDOKU puzzle of October 24, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

55 squares to fill. Work box by box: pick a number and see how many squares in the box it can still go in.

Hint 2

The easiest square on the board right now is row 2, column 6. Look at what its row, column and box already hold.

Hint 3

Row 2, column 6 is a 8.

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

1 7 3 | 2 4 5 | 8 6 9
6 5 9 | 1 3 8 | 2 7 4
8 2 4 | 9 7 6 | 1 5 3
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4 6 1 | 5 8 3 | 9 2 7
7 8 5 | 6 2 9 | 4 3 1
3 9 2 | 4 1 7 | 6 8 5
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9 1 7 | 8 5 2 | 3 4 6
2 3 6 | 7 9 4 | 5 1 8
5 4 8 | 3 6 1 | 7 9 2

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SUDOKU

The logic puzzle everyone knows: fill the grid so every row, every column and every 3×3 box holds 1 to 9 exactly once. One grid a day, gentle on Monday and hardest on Saturday, with pencil notes, undo and a check button whenever you want one.