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Daily Sudoku for August 11, 2026
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Available through: August 15, 2026
Four verified puzzles
Easy
| 1 | 8 | 5 | | | | | 2 | |
| 9 | | | | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | 3 | 4 | | | 5 | 7 | | |
| | | | | 5 | 6 | 1 | | 4 |
| | 4 | | | | | | 7 | |
| 6 | | 8 | 9 | 4 | | | | |
| | | 7 | 5 | | | 2 | 3 | |
| | | | 6 | 3 | | | | 7 |
| | 5 | | | | | 9 | 6 | 1 |
- Puzzle ID
LDI0-2f9670e687dd4106c2662fce78119ddab8d5a0a5- Clue count
- 32
- Unique solution
- Verified
- LDI v0 score
- 8
- Tier
- Easy
- Hardest technique
- Hidden Single
- Logical steps
- 49
Verified key step: Naked Single: place 6 at row 2, column 3.
Medium
| | | | | | | 2 | | 8 |
| | | 5 | | | 4 | | | 3 |
| 2 | | | 3 | | | | 7 | |
| 1 | | | | 7 | 5 | | | |
| 3 | | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| 8 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | 8 | 9 | | 4 | 2 | 6 | | |
| | 2 | | | | | | | 5 |
| | | | | 5 | | | | 7 |
- Puzzle ID
LDI0-581f81d68fa4e8d8321f97877cf9c4b68595e45c- Clue count
- 25
- Unique solution
- Verified
- LDI v0 score
- 15
- Tier
- Medium
- Hardest technique
- Hidden Single
- Logical steps
- 56
Verified key step: Naked Single: place 4 at row 4, column 2.
Hard
| | | 4 | 5 | | | | 8 | 6 |
| 1 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| | | | | 8 | | | 5 | |
| | | | 4 | | | | 7 | |
| | | | | 1 | 5 | | | 2 |
| | 8 | 5 | | | | 9 | 3 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | 1 | | | 3 | 9 | | | |
- Puzzle ID
LDI0-36d17f72f8925f4d09cbd908cef34650f25941fc- Clue count
- 24
- Unique solution
- Verified
- LDI v0 score
- 24
- Tier
- Hard
- Hardest technique
- Hidden Single
- Logical steps
- 57
Verified key step: Naked Single: place 9 at row 2, column 8.
Expert
| | 1 | 5 | | | 6 | | | |
| 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | 2 | | | 7 | | | 4 |
| 7 | | | 4 | 3 | | 8 | | |
| | | | 5 | 9 | 8 | | | |
| | | 4 | | 6 | 1 | | | 5 |
| 2 | | | 9 | | | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 8 | 6 |
| | | | 6 | | | 4 | 2 | |
- Puzzle ID
LDI0-85bee69e15d22505b5abb130f12f8f88c650469a- Clue count
- 27
- Unique solution
- Verified
- LDI v0 score
- 76
- Tier
- Expert
- Hardest technique
- Naked Triple
- Logical steps
- 60
Verified key step: Naked Single: place 2 at row 4, column 6.
2026-08-11 · LDI v0
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Verified puzzle facts
- Puzzle ID
LDI0-2f9670e687dd4106c2662fce78119ddab8d5a0a5- LDI score (0–100)
- 8
- Clue count
- 32
- Logical steps
- 49
- Hardest technique
- Hidden Single
Clue count is a board fact, not the difficulty verdict. The tier comes from this published LDI version.