# Daily Sudoku: October 30, 2026

Source: https://silverapuzzles.com/sudoku/daily/2026-10-30

Four sudoku puzzles for October 30, 2026. A new set goes live every day at midnight Eastern Time. Empty cells are shown as dots. Play online at https://silverapuzzles.com/sudoku/daily/2026-10-30.

## Easy (37 givens)

Solvable with singles only (naked and hidden singles), 36 or more givens.

```
2 8 . 5 6 . . . 3
. . 3 2 . . 8 . .
. . . . 1 . . . 2
. 3 . 6 8 1 . . 9
5 . 8 9 . . 7 1 4
. . 2 . 7 . 3 . .
3 2 4 . 5 . 6 7 1
. 9 . . . 6 . 3 .
. 7 5 . 2 . . . .
```

## Medium (29 givens)

Solvable with singles only, about 30 givens, so you have to scan harder.

```
. 7 . 6 5 3 . 9 8
. . . . 1 . 6 . .
. 8 . . 9 . . 2 .
. 5 . . 2 . 8 . 9
. . 9 . . . . 5 7
7 . . . 6 . 2 . 4
. . . 5 . . . . .
. 9 . . 7 . . 8 2
6 . . 4 . . . . .
```

## Hard (23 givens)

Needs at least one intermediate technique: pointing or claiming (locked candidates), naked pairs or hidden pairs.

```
2 . . . . . . 5 9
. . . 5 . . 2 . .
5 8 . . . 2 . . 3
6 . . 3 . . 1 . .
. 4 . . . 1 . . .
. 5 9 . . . . 7 .
4 . 1 . . 3 . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 9 7 8 . . .
```

## Expert (24 givens)

The techniques above are not enough; you will need advanced methods such as X-Wing or chains. Still exactly one solution.

```
2 6 . . . . . 8 4
5 . 4 9 . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. 9 . . 7 . 2 . .
6 . . 1 3 . . 4 .
. . . . . . . . 7
. . 9 . . . . 1 3
. 2 . . . 8 . . .
. 5 6 . . 4 . . 2
```

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**How is the difficulty of the daily sudoku rated?**
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