Sudoku
How to play Sudoku
A clear introduction to rows, columns, boxes, simple techniques and working through a puzzle logically.
Puzzle Learning Centre
Learn to solve, one step at a time.
Free, illustrated guides to the puzzles we love. Each one starts with the rules, builds up the key techniques and finishes with a complete puzzle solved step by step. No account, no sign-up: just open a guide and begin.
How the guides work
- Every example puzzle is original and checked by computer: each has exactly one solution, and every step shown follows logically from the one before.
- The worked examples can be stepped through on screen, and every step is also written out in full.
- Each guide also has a fresh puzzle to try on your own, with its answer kept out of sight until you want it. It prints on a single page.
- Each guide ends with a one-page summary of the rules that you can print and keep with your puzzle book.