Easy Sudoku for Beginners

Welcome to the easy level on LiveSudoku. Every board here is a full 9×9 puzzle solvable by pure logic — no guessing required. Hints, check and undo are one click away, there's nothing to install, and no sign-up is needed. Pick a board above or tap New Game to start.

The goal is simple: every row, every column, and every 3×3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9, each exactly once. Easy boards are mainly solved with two techniques:

1. Full House / Last Digit. Scan for any row, column or 3×3 box that already has eight numbers placed — the ninth cell is simply whichever digit is missing from that unit.
2. Hidden Singles. Pick a digit — say, 7 — and check each row, column and box for the only legal spot it can still go. If one empty cell is the only place 7 fits, that's its home.
3. Check as you go. Click Check to verify what you've placed without revealing the answer, Undo to step back, or Solve to reveal the finished board.

For the full set of techniques, including pencil marks and the highlight-digit tool, read our interactive sudoku tutorial.

On LiveSudoku, each level is shaped by the solving techniques its puzzles tend to use. The ladder introduces new techniques as you climb:

1. Easy — mainly Full House / Last Digit and Hidden Singles. 5–12 minutes for a beginner.
2. Medium — introduces additional single-candidate logic (Naked Singles). 10–20 minutes.
3. Hard — introduces Locked Candidates, Naked Pairs and Triples, and Hidden Pairs. 15–35 minutes.
4. Evil — introduces advanced patterns such as X-Wing and Swordfish. 30 minutes and up.

When your 10-minute easy boards start clocking in at 4, try medium. Want a shared challenge? The daily sudoku refreshes every 24 hours with the same puzzle worldwide, so you can compare your time with other players.

LiveSudoku was created in 2006 by Mr. Izenberg and is one of the longest-running sudoku sites on the web. Two decades later the mission hasn't changed: free puzzles, no downloads, no paywalls, and a new daily puzzle every 24 hours.

How long should it take to solve an easy sudoku?

Most beginners solve an easy sudoku in 5 to 12 minutes. After a few dozen boards that typically drops to 3–5 minutes. The timer shows your current run, your best time at the current difficulty and your personal average.

What's the difference between easy and medium sudoku?

On LiveSudoku, difficulty is shaped by which solving techniques a puzzle tends to use. Easy boards are mainly solved with Full House / Last Digit and Hidden Singles. Medium boards introduce additional single-candidate logic (Naked Singles) — finding a cell whose answer is forced because every other digit is already present in its row, column or 3×3 box.

Is LiveSudoku free? Do I need an account?

LiveSudoku is free and no sign-up is required to play. An account only unlocks optional extras — saved statistics, personal-best times and sudoku multiplayer matches against other players.

Easy sudoku is a great first logic puzzle for anyone age 8 and up. There's no arithmetic involved — no adding, no multiplying, just placement and reasoning — so kids build patience, number recognition and constraint-holding without the maths barrier. Because wrong moves aren't penalised and hints are always one click away, younger players can explore the puzzle without frustration.

It's equally kind to older players. The grid is large and readable, the highlight-digit tool helps with tired eyes, and there is no chat, no account pressure and no race against a leaderboard. Many parents and grandparents solve the same daily easy puzzle as their kids or grandkids and compare times afterwards — a surprisingly phone-free 10 minutes together.