Blank Printable Suduku Grids

I got caught up in the Soduku Puzzle frenzy and created a special blank Sudoku grid that has squares for organizing my pencil marks (i.e. the candidates). If you like these Soduku puzzle grids, then feel free to share the PDF version with your friends.

Note: If you are looking for a place to do Soduku online, need a sudoku for your palm or other pda, or if you want a Sudoku solver, you should take a look at the links at the bottom of this page. My personal favorite is Andrew Stuart's Sudoku Solver because you can solve the Suduku puzzles step-by-step and choose what strategies you want the solver to use.

Free Printable Sudoku Grids


Soduku

PDF Version

After downloading this pdf, you can either quickly print a blank soduku grid, or you can first enter the starting values. It may not look like the PDF can be edited, but this one can.
Printable Sudoku Puzzle Grid - PDF Download Now

File Type: .pdf
Size: ~250 KB
Required: Acrobat Reader 4.0
License: Free (Send to you friends, also)


Soduku

Excel Version

This download is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You can use this if you own Excel and are interested in changing the formatting.
Printable Sudoku Puzzle Grid - Excel Download Now

File Type: .xls
Size: ~24 KB
Required: Excel 97 or Later
License: Free (for personal use)

These soduku grids are different from other grids you will find on hundreds of other websites. I can usually do soduku puzzles faster if I am organized about where I place my pencil marks to indicate what the possible numbers are for a particular cell in the grid. So, these grids have 10 little boxes above each of the cells for writing in the candidate numbers. Of course, you only need 9 at the most, but an extra won't hurt if you like to use a pen or don't want to waste your eraser. A mechanical pencil works great. The image below shows an example grid with the extra boxes.

Soduku Puzzle Screenshot

If you take a look at the example below, you'll notice that the candidates are nicely organized, and it is easy to scan the squares to see where all the twos might be. Just make sure you are consistent about where you write in the numbers.

Pencil Marks in Sudoku Grid

More Soduku Games, Puzzles, and Sites

Andrew Stuart's Sudoku Solver

Learn new techniques and strategies and solve soduku puzzles step-by-step.

Daily Sudoku - www.dailysudoku.com

Get a new soduku puzzle each and every day.

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