# Daily Sudoku: November 5, 2026

Source: https://silverapuzzles.com/sudoku/daily/2026-11-05

Four sudoku puzzles for November 5, 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/2026-11-05.

## Easy (37 givens)

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

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

## Medium (29 givens)

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

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

## Hard (26 givens)

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

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

## Expert (24 givens)

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

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

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