Sources of daily Sudoku Puzzles
Daily Sudoku is one of the most addictive educational puzzle games to hit the US, Japan, Europe, and the rest of the world! Though it was invented in 1979, Sudoku gained popularity in Japan in the mid 1980’s, the early 1990’s in the US, the middle of 2004 in Britain, and last year all over Europe. Now, the rest of the world is catching onto this very addictive puzzle game due to the diversity of sources that offer Sudoku puzzles, from newspapers and magazines, to TV shows and the Internet. For those who prefer solving only one Sudoku puzzle a day, check out these sources of daily Sudoku puzzles.
• http://www.daily-sudoku-puzzle.com
As the website URL suggests, this site offers users a different Sudoku puzzle everyday for free. There are 4 levels of difficulty here: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Fiendish. Each level has its own daily Sudoku puzzle that users can solve and have their times posted on the site. No need to register! Instructions on how to play Sudoku are available as a 1-minute animation. You can see the solutions to the previous day’s grids, and see old Sudoku puzzles in the site’s archive. A simple, yet Oriental–flavored grid is used for all Sudoku puzzles. Other features are also available. A nice site to check out!
• http://www.dailysudoku.com/sudoku/index.shtml
The Daily Sudoku offers users different Sudoku puzzles on a daily basis. These puzzles are printable and are available for use offline. The site also shows the solution to the day’s puzzle. Larger 12X12 and 16X16 puzzles are also available for download. Various links to Sudoku resources can also be found here. Feel free to download your Sudoku puzzles now!
• http://www.fingertime.com/sudoku.php
Fingertime.com offers free online mini games for users. Its Sudoku game can be played online and against a clock. Post your time on the player board and see how you fared against others. Playing the game is easy just by using the mouse. Though the puzzle’s graphics look very simple, users will find this game very addictive once they get the hang of it. If you don’t like your solution, just reset the game and time and solve the puzzle in record time! Other features like viewing puzzle archives and solutions to the previous day’s puzzle are available here.
• http://www.sudoku.org.uk/daily.asp
This site is a competitive Sudoku site that offers a different Sudoku puzzle daily. Difficulty levels per day are set by the site. Gentle (Easy) level is available only during Monday. Moderate level is offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Tough level is available on Thursdays, and Diabolical level is offered on Fridays and Sundays. Download the day’s puzzle, solve it, then submit your solution along with some basic personal information like name, email address etc. and get a chance to win a prize! Common features are also available here like links to resources, tips, purchasable Sudoku games etc.
• http://uk.games.yahoo.com/sudoku/index.html
Yahoo! Games–UK offers Yahoo! fanatics its version of Sudoku. Daily online versions are available, and different puzzles are available for Easy, Medium, and Hard levels. You can instantly view the solution to the day’s puzzle. You can also download the Ancient Sudoku Game, that has good graphics, making it look like a Mayan stone tablet.
Those are just some of the websites that offer users daily Sudoku puzzles. Feel free to search the net for a lot more of these websites. The following are some of the newspapers all over the world that also offer daily Sudoku puzzles.
• Clarin (Argentina)
• Diario Perfil (Argentina)
• The Australian
• The Courier Mail (Australia)
• Daily Telegraph (Australia)
• Sydney Morning
• The Age (Australia)
• Le Soir (Belgium)
• Het Belang van Limburg (Belgium)
• De Standaard (Belgium)
• O Estado de Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• Toronto Star
• El Tiempo (Colombia)
• El Colombiano
• B.T. (Denmark)
• Nordjyske Stiftstidende (Denmark)
• Ekstra Bladet (Denmark)
• Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
• Le Parisien (France)
• Handelsblatt (Germany)
• Die Welt – Kompakt (Germany)
• Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany)
• Elefthrotypia (Greece)
• Ta Nea (Greece)
• Apple Daily (Hong Kong)
• am730 (Hong Kong)
• The Standard (Hong Kong)
• Fréttablaðið (Iceland)
• Irish Independent
• Irish Times
• The Jerusalem Post
• Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel)
• Ma’ariv (Israel)
• Haaretz (Israel)
• Il Secolo XIX (Italy)
• La Republica (Italy)
• Dagens Nœringsliv (Norway)
• Adresseavisen (Norway)
• Correio da Manhã (Portugal)
• Metro (Portugal)
• Destak (Portugal)
• Slovenske novice (Slovenia)
• Beeld (South Africa)
• La Vanguardia (Spain)
• Le Temps (Switzerland)
• Le Matin (Switzerland)
• Berner Zeitung (Switzerland)
• Bangkok Post
• Newark Star–Ledger (USA)
• The Buffalo News (USA)
• Chicago Red Eye (USA)
• Los Angeles Times (USA)
• The Washington Post (USA)
• USA Today
• The Boston Globe (USA)
• San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
• Seattle Times (USA)
There are tons of other US newspapers that offer daily Sudoku puzzles. Be sure to check your country’s national and local papers if they offer daily Sudoku puzzles.
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