How to Play the Daily Sudoku Puzzle on 7Sudoku.com

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7Sudoku.com publishes one new traditional sudoku puzzle each day, and you can either solve it in your browser or download it as a PDF. To start, open the site's home page and look for the "Sudoku of the day" section. From there, click Play online to launch the built-in sudoku player, or click Print to download the puzzle as a PDF for solving on paper. The daily puzzle carries a difficulty rating — the example shown on the site is rated "very easy" — so you know what you're getting into before you begin.

Finding the Daily Puzzle

The home page is organized around the current day's puzzle:

  • Sudoku of the day — the top section, showing the date and the day's puzzle.
  • Play online | Print (pdf) — the two action links next to the daily puzzle.
  • Daily sudoku puzzles — the section explaining that one new puzzle is published each day.

Each day's puzzle is dated, so you can confirm you're solving the current one. The site also lists previous days (for example, "Yesterday's puzzle" with a run of earlier dates), which is useful if you want to catch up on a puzzle you missed.

Playing Online vs. Printing

Both options use the same daily puzzle, so the choice is about how you prefer to solve.

Option What it does Best for
Play online Launches the site's sudoku player app in your browser Solving on a computer, tablet, or phone without paper
Print (pdf) Downloads a printable PDF version of the puzzle Solving with a pencil, or on paper away from a screen

The site describes its online player as "easy-to-use," and the PDF route is aimed at people who want a physical copy. If you print, note that the monthly and seasonal puzzle packs include solutions at the end of the book — the single daily PDF is a one-puzzle download.

Choosing a Difficulty

The daily puzzle is rated, and the site organizes its wider puzzle selection by difficulty. The levels listed are:

  • Very easy
  • Easy
  • Moderate
  • Difficult
  • Very difficult

If the day's puzzle is too easy or too hard, use the links on the left side of the page to pick a different puzzle at the level you want. The daily puzzle itself changes rating from day to day, so it's worth checking the label before you commit.

What Makes These Puzzles Solvable by Logic

7Sudoku.com states two guarantees about every puzzle it publishes:

  1. Each puzzle has only one solution.
  2. Every puzzle can be solved using logic — the site says it does not publish puzzles that require guessing.

That second point matters if you're used to puzzles that force you into trial-and-error. Here, you should be able to reach the answer through deduction alone. If you get stuck, that's a signal to re-examine your candidates rather than guess.

If You're New to Sudoku

The site points beginners to its "Rules of Sudoku" section before diving in, and suggests starting with the very easy puzzles. A sensible first session:

  1. Read the Rules of Sudoku section to confirm the basic constraints.
  2. Open the daily puzzle and check its difficulty rating.
  3. If it's rated above your comfort level, switch to a "very easy" puzzle from the left-hand links.
  4. Solve online, or print the PDF if you prefer paper.

Other Things on the Site

Beyond the daily puzzle, 7Sudoku.com offers:

  • Printable sudoku puzzle packs — monthly and seasonal collections, each with solutions at the end.
  • Sudoku collections — including 6x6 sudoku, a smaller variant.
  • Yesterday's puzzle solution — for checking your work on the previous day's puzzle.
  • Downloads section — where the current puzzle packs are listed.

The site is also available in several languages, including Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Czech, if you'd rather read the interface in one of those.