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2026-10-18 · Hard · Daily Sudoku Solution

This replay starts from the original givens and explains both placements and candidate eliminations. It is separate from your saved game and does not count as completing the puzzle. Use Before and After to inspect the evidence for each move.

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This replay starts from the original givens and explains both placements and candidate eliminations. It is separate from your saved game and does not count as completing the puzzle. Use Before and After to inspect the evidence for each move.

Read this daily Sudoku solution in context

This walkthrough belongs to the date, difficulty and puzzle ID shown above. The original grid provides the starting conditions, and the technique summary reports this actual trace rather than a generic difficulty promise. The sample deduction below is taken from that verified trace.

Follow the replay without changing your save

The interactive replay lets you inspect every before and after state in order. It includes candidate eliminations as well as placements. Reading the replay is separate from playing: it does not enter numbers into your current board or increase completion statistics.

Original puzzle for this date

2026-10-18 Hard sudoku-v1-hard-0510c1c2c3c4c5c6c7c8c9r1r2r3r4r5r6r7r8r978397485738114627519268629

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Choose a box to read its candidates and coordinates.

2026-10-18 Hard sudoku-v1-hard-0510 · Box 1c1c2c3r1r2r339857
Only the original givens appear here, without your saved entries or handwritten notes.

Techniques used in this puzzle

This is the 2026-10-18 Hard puzzle, ID sudoku-v1-hard-0510. Its 63 verified steps use the techniques below.

  • Naked single: 46
  • Hidden single: 9
  • Locked candidates: 7
  • Hidden pair: 1
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Hidden pair

The two digits 3, 5 appear only in the two cells r5c3, r9c3 in column 3. Other candidates inside those cells can be removed.

Board overview

Before this move. The highlighted cells and candidates are its evidence.c1c2c3c4c5c6c7c8c9r1r2r3r4r5r6r7r8r924612614615675983561359391612568182587256485712461493192612956793678245349245945691359143573896592358235895693621458134894589456973589246726746951348784571379348247815456457813453464729157

View the whole grid first. Zoom in to read candidates and their coordinates.

Enlarge candidates

Choose a box to read its candidates and coordinates.

Before this move. The highlighted cells and candidates are its evidence. · Box 1c1c2c3r1r2r32461261463916857

Purple cells give the evidence; a red cross marks a candidate this step can remove.

Purple cells give the evidence; a red cross marks a candidate this step can remove.

Before this move. The highlighted cells and candidates are its evidence. r5c3, r9c3; 3, 5; column 3.
  • Remove 1 from r9c3
  • Remove 4 from r9c3

Board overview

After the justified placement or candidate elimination.c1c2c3c4c5c6c7c8c9r1r2r3r4r5r6r7r8r9246126146156759835613593916125681825872564857124614931926129567936782453492459456913591435738965923582358956936214581348945894569735892467267469513487845713793482478154564578353464729157

View the whole grid first. Zoom in to read candidates and their coordinates.

Enlarge candidates

Choose a box to read its candidates and coordinates.

After the justified placement or candidate elimination. · Box 1c1c2c3r1r2r32461261463916857
After the justified placement or candidate elimination.

2026-10-18 · Hard · sudoku-v1-hard-0510

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