The daily sudoku
How to play Sudoku
Playabl Sudoku trades the usual 9×9 board for a tighter 6×6 one. You fill the grid so every row, every column, and every 2×3 box holds the digits 1 through 6 exactly once. Tap a cell, then tap a number. It is one of seven puzzles everyone here solves each day, same board for every player, free to join with a Google sign-in.
Try it free
A full sample — no sign-in, no score kept.
Sudoku
Fill the 6×6 grid
The rules
- 01Fill the 6×6 grid so every row, column and 2×3 box has 1–6.
- 02Tap a cell, then a number.
- Your entry
- Conflict
- Given clue
Why play
The shorter board is the whole point. With only six digits and 2×3 boxes, a solve takes minutes instead of a coffee break, so it fits a commute or a queue, yet the logic is honest: every Playabl grid is dug to a single guaranteed solution, so you never have to guess your way out. The difficulty climbs across the week — generous clues on Monday, lean ones by Sunday — and since everyone gets the identical board, your time and accuracy land on the same weekly leaderboard. It is a daily habit you can finish.
Tips & strategy
- Start by scanning for the digit that already appears most often across the grid — with only 1 through 6 to place, a number that shows up three or four times often has just one legal home left in a row or box.
- Read each 2×3 box as its own small puzzle: it must contain all six digits, so a box with four clues usually surrenders the last two by elimination alone.
- Hunt naked singles — a single empty cell whose row, column, and box between them already use five of the six digits leaves exactly one answer.
- Look for hidden singles: a digit that can legally sit in only one cell of a row or box, even when that cell could technically take other numbers too.
- Trust the conflict highlight as a signal, not a scold — if a number you placed lights up against another, one of the two is wrong, so recheck both before filling more cells.
FAQ
- Is Playabl Sudoku 9×9 like the newspaper version?
- No. Playabl uses a 6×6 board with digits 1 through 6 and 2×3 boxes. It is faster and friendlier than the classic 9×9 but still solved by pure logic, not guessing.
- How hard is the daily Sudoku?
- Difficulty rotates by weekday. The board starts generous early in the week with more given clues and gets progressively leaner toward the weekend, with Sunday holding back the most digits.
- Can a Playabl Sudoku have more than one answer?
- No. The generator removes clues only while a single unique solution still exists, so every daily grid is solvable by reasoning alone — guessing is never required.
- Is it free, and does everyone get the same puzzle?
- Yes on both. Signing in with Google is free, and every player gets the identical 6×6 board each day, which is what makes the weekly leaderboard fair.
- How do I enter a number?
- Tap the cell you want to fill, then tap a digit from 1 to 6. Given clues are fixed, your entries can be changed, and conflicting cells are flagged so you can spot mistakes.
Seven puzzles a day, the same for everyone, scored, with a weekly champion.