--- title: "Easy Sudoku: Play Free Online, No Ads | Sudoku Flow" description: "Play Easy Sudoku free in your browser, with notes, undo and hints and no ads. Every puzzle has one answer and is graded by the technique it needs." url: https://sudokuflow.com/play/easy/ language: en --- # Easy Sudoku Free Easy Sudoku puzzles to play right here, with no ads and no sign-up. When you finish one, New puzzle gives you the next; your progress stays on this device. ## Easy · #1 Daily Sudoku grid: ```text 3 6 . | . 1 7 | 8 . . . . 8 | . . 3 | . 4 . 1 2 . | . 6 4 | 3 9 7 ------+-------+------ . 3 7 | 4 9 5 | 1 . 2 . 9 . | 3 8 1 | 7 5 . 8 . 1 | . 7 2 | 4 3 9 ------+-------+------ 7 . 3 | 1 . 9 | . . 8 . 1 6 | . . . | . 7 . 5 . 9 | 7 4 6 | 2 1 3 ```
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## What Easy puzzles ask of you We re-solved all 10,000 Easy puzzles in the app with its hint engine, always taking the easiest step that works. This is the hardest step each one needed: 1. [Nearly Complete](https://sudokuflow.com/lessons/nearlyLastRemaining/) 95.1% 2. [Naked Single](https://sudokuflow.com/lessons/nakedSingle/) 4.9% [What each Sudoku difficulty level asks of you →](https://sudokuflow.com/data/sudoku-difficulty-levels/) ## How to solve Easy Sudoku What makes a puzzle Easy is the hardest step it needs. Most often that step is Nearly Complete (95%). Look for a row, column or box with only one or two empty squares and fill in what is missing. When that runs out, pick an empty square and check which numbers its row, column and box already hold: if only one number is left, it goes there. [Learn Nearly Complete step by step →](https://sudokuflow.com/lessons/nearlyLastRemaining/) ## Easy Sudoku: questions and answers ### How many numbers do Easy puzzles start with? Every Easy puzzle here starts with 51 of the 81 squares filled in. ### Do Easy puzzles need guessing? No. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and the hint engine of our app solves each one with logic alone, one technique at a time. ### Can I get a hint while I play? Yes. Hint names the technique the next step needs and shows it on your board one step at a time, with the same hint engine our app uses. ### What comes after Easy? One level up, Medium puzzles are most often decided by Hidden Single. ## All six levels - **Easy Sudoku** Nearly Complete (95%) - [Medium Sudoku](https://sudokuflow.com/play/medium/) Hidden Single (100%) - [Hard Sudoku](https://sudokuflow.com/play/hard/) Pointing Pair (60%), Naked Pair (18%), Box/Line Reduction (13%), or Hidden Pair (6%) - [Expert Sudoku](https://sudokuflow.com/play/expert/) Skyscraper (55%), Y-Wing (30%), or Empty Rectangle (6%) - [Master Sudoku](https://sudokuflow.com/play/master/) XY-Chain (59%), W-Wing (28%), X-Chain (6%), or XYZ-Wing (5%) - [Extreme Sudoku](https://sudokuflow.com/play/extreme/) ALS-XZ (86%) or Unique Rectangle (12%) ## More Sudoku to play - [Print Easy Sudoku](https://sudokuflow.com/printables/sudoku/easy/) - [Daily Sudoku: four new puzzles every day](https://sudokuflow.com/daily/) - [Sudoku checker](https://sudokuflow.com/tools/sudoku-checker/) - [Sudoku for kids](https://sudokuflow.com/printables/kids/) ![Sudoku app icon](https://sudokuflow.com/assets/app-icon.png) ## Want more boards like this? We also make a Sudoku app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. There are no ads in it at all, it works offline, and when you ask for a hint it shows you the technique instead of just filling in a number. [App Store iPhone, iPad, Mac](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6502922368?pt=125379530&ct=sudokuflow_web&mt=8) [Google Play Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubigogames.sudoku&referrer=utm_source%3Dsudokuflow%26utm_medium%3Dweb%26utm_campaign%3Dsite) Sudoku Flow is made by Rubigo Games, the developer of the Sudoku app recommended on this site.