Hard Sudoku
Hard Sudoku gives you fewer starting digits and stops rewarding pure scanning. Expect to keep full pencil marks and to lean on hidden pairs and pointing pairs to break the grid open.
Each grid starts with 25–30 of the 81 cells already filled.
Arrows move · 1–9 fill · N notes · H hint · ⌘/Ctrl+Z undo
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Tap a cell, then a number. Notes toggles pencil marks.
Hard Sudoku gives you fewer starting digits and stops rewarding pure scanning. Expect to keep full pencil marks and to lean on hidden pairs and pointing pairs to break the grid open.
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