# Daily Sudoku: November 2, 2026

Source: https://silverapuzzles.com/sudoku/daily/2026-11-02

Four sudoku puzzles for November 2, 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/2026-11-02.

## Easy (37 givens)

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

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

## Medium (29 givens)

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

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

## Hard (23 givens)

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

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

## Expert (23 givens)

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

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

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