A few places with Free Sudoku Puzzles

The sheer addictiveness of the Sudoku puzzle has hit the world like a ton of bricks. All over the world, tons of puzzles are being published in newspapers, magazines, journals, and other print media on a regular basis. Thousands of web sites, computer programs and gadgets has also seen the light of day, thanks to this new phenomenon.

For the enthusiast looking for free Sudoku puzzles this is great news, as there are many places to get tips and hints about playing Sudoku as well as the Sudoku puzzles themselves. Below I have compiled a selection of web sites where you can get free Sudoku puzzles and other freebies.

www.websudoku.com

This is the mother of all free Sudoku sites, where you can download BILLIONS of free Sudoku puzzles! They offer 4 different difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, and Evil), and all of their puzzles are guaranteed to be unique. Play the puzzle of the day, search their archives or print your own, customized Sudoku book in pdf-format.

www.fingertime.com/sudoku.php

With a a very entertaining version of the Sudoku puzzle grid itself, players can play todays puzzle for free and post their completion times. You also have the option to print the Sudoku puzzle and access older puzzles in their archive. Also has many other mini games you can play in your web browser.

krazydad.com/sudoku

Download and print hundreds of Sudoku puzzles made by Jim Baumgardner.  Choose among the available classifications; Easy, Intermediate, Challenging, Tough, and Super Tough levels.  You also get valuable tips and strategies for solving the puzzles.

http://www.puzzlechoice.com/pc/Sudoku_Puzzlex.html

Sudoku puzzles available at Medium and Harder levels.  You can choose to print these puzzles, or play them online by selecting a specific puzzle in the site archives. Sudoku puzzle of the day is feature of this site as well.

http://www.monterosa.co.uk/sudoku/

Offers three unique Sudoku puzzles each and every day, at three difficulty levels (Easy, Medium and Hard). Site owner is open to suggestions and offers to give Sudoku support by email.

http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/sudoku/play.php

A popular site with many games you can play for free in your browser, including a daily Sudoku. No download available though.

http://www.sudokufun.com/

Get tons of free Sudoku puzzles here! Offers a daily puzzle and you can also  post your time and see how your puzzle solving ability compares against other people. Remember Homer Simpson's quote though "No matter how good you get at something, there are always millions of people who are even better at it!". Solutions to precious puzzles are posted in their archive.

http://www.goobix.com/games/sudoku/

More free, online puzzles for you here. Feature to generate different puzzles randomly in Easy, Medium, Hard, and Very Hard levels any time you want.

http://www.gamealbum.com/keyword/sudoku/

Here you can download many free Sudoky games, that are meant to be played on your PC.

Sudoku DigitHunt 1.0 for example, is the common version of Sudoku where you fill in the blank squares to complete the puzzle. DigitHunt has tons of puzzles and is still only a 2216 KB download.

Mindgames is a collection of different puzzle games including crosswords, various board games and, of course, Sudoku!  Mindgames version of Sudoku includes a puzzle solver and a puzzle generator that will let you play for hours!

http://www.angusj.com/sudoku/ 

If you have ever dreamed of making your own Sudoku puzzle, this is for you.
A combined puzzle maker and solver with additional puzzle packs available for download. Also provides helpful links for how to go about designing your own Sudoku.

http://www.newfreedownloads.com/find/sudoku-puzzle.html

NewFreeDownloads also offer a selection of Sudoku games and softwares for your computer. These are all small shareware programs that offer a free trial as well as an upgraded, paid version. For example:

Online Puzzle Maker allows you to make your own Sudoku puzzle and have it uploaded on the Internet. The full version is $29.95, but there is also a free trial version available.

Elite Sudoku 1.0 provides an attractive back drop for the game itself.  Play the game like the original Sudoku games with a graphical twist. Download the free trial version, or purchase the full version for $19.95.

Sudoku Works 3 is a program that allows users to create and solve Sudoku puzzles ranging from with the added option of various grid sizes. You can also choose to print them and solve on paper, or play them on your PC.  You can save your name with the fastest times scored in solving the puzzles. If you get stuck while playing, a coaching mode is there to assist you.  A free trial is available, or you can buy the full version for $9.95.

Okay (phew), although this makes no claim of being an exhaustive list of the free Sudoku puzzles and resources you can find online, it should definitely be enough to keep you occupied for some time.

If you find another free Sudoku resource that you think is great, please let me know and I will check it out. Also, for a few varations on what to do with your free printable Sudoku go here.

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