Hints for SUDOKU #39

Difficulty: Medium

Spoiler-safe hints for the SUDOKU puzzle of October 29, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

53 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 1, column 7. Look at what its row, column and box already hold.

Hint 3

Row 1, column 7 is a 5.

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

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

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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.