SUDOKU PLACE 6 by 6 PUZZLES

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I have had a number of people request that I produce some 6 by 6 variation puzzles, as a counterpart to the 12 by 12 "Su Dozen" puzzles I publish each Sunday. These are good sudoku for beginners and younger puzzle fans. I do not plan to publish these on a regular basis, but if you find one day that you have finished all the ones here, let me know and I'll put up a few more sheets.

At this level of sudoku, the number of clues really does determine the difficulty level of the puzzle, so I have divided the sudoku up by the number of clues. Each sheet has 6 puzzles (which is nice and symmetric with the 6 by 6 cells of each puzzle). The goal is the same as any sudoku -- arrange the numbers so that each appears just once in each row, in each column, and in each (2 by 3) box. Also, enjoy them!

20 clue puzzles

  • Sheet 1
  • Sheet 2
  • Sheet 3
  • Sheet 4
  • Sheet 5
  • Sheet 6
  • Sheet 7
  • Sheet 8
  • Sheet 9
  • Sheet 10
  • Sheet 11
  • Sheet 12
  • Sheet 13
  • Sheet 14
  • 16 clue puzzles

  • Sheet 1
  • Sheet 2
  • Sheet 3
  • Sheet 4
  • Sheet 5
  • Sheet 6
  • Sheet 7
  • Sheet 8
  • Sheet 9
  • Sheet 10
  • Sheet 11
  • Sheet 12
  • Sheet 13
  • Sheet 14
  • 12 clue puzzles

  • Sheet 1
  • Sheet 2
  • Sheet 3
  • Sheet 4
  • Sheet 5
  • Sheet 6
  • Sheet 7
  • Sheet 8
  • Sheet 9
  • Sheet 10
  • Sheet 11
  • Sheet 12
  • Sheet 13
  • Sheet 14
  • Want to extend your usage of these puzzles? Karen Deal Robinson sent along this description of how to use chess pieces to represent the numbers:

    "I thought you might enjoy knowing that I printed up your 12-clue 6x6 puzzles and use them for a board game I play with chess pieces. I use three chess sets to get six each of the king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn, which I use to represent the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6. I use a regular chess board with the 2x3 sections arranged as in this photo: chessudoku

    "The photo represents my solution to your first puzzle on sheet one of your 12-clue puzzles. By playing this way, I can re-use your puzzles, since by the time I've solved them all I will have forgotten the solutions.

    "Ever since I first encountered sudoku, I thought it would be fun to use chess pieces to represent the numbers, but I wasn't able to figure out how to do it with 9x9 puzzles. The 6x6 puzzles work great. When I have a piece that I know must go in one of two adjacent squares, I place it halfway between them until I figure out which one it goes in."

    Thanks for sharing that, Karen! For more details see Karen's website.