Hints for SUDOKU #41

Difficulty: Fiendish

Spoiler-safe hints for the SUDOKU puzzle of October 31, 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 9, column 3. Look at what its row, column and box already hold.

Hint 3

Row 9, column 3 is a 1.

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

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

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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.