Daily Kakuro (SudokuWiki)

About Daily Kakuro (SudokuWiki)

SudokuWiki.org is Andrew Stuart's long-running site about solving strategies for sudoku and related number puzzles. Alongside its solvers and articles it publishes a set of daily puzzles, among them the Daily Kakuro, whose page was created in January 2023.

Kakuro is a crossword made of numbers. Each white run of cells has a clue giving its total, and you fill the run with the digits 1 to 9, without repeating a digit inside a run. The page lets you type numbers straight into the grid, or print the puzzle for pencil and paper.

The grade follows the day of the week: Gentle on Sunday and Tuesday, Moderate on Wednesday and Saturday, Tough on Friday and Diabolical on Monday and Thursday. Supporters with All-Access can see every grade every day. Each puzzle has a number, such as 5694 for 2 October 2026, and the comments thread below has regular solvers comparing notes.

It suits number-puzzle fans who have outgrown sudoku and want a daily grid with a clear difficulty ladder.

How to play Daily Kakuro (SudokuWiki)

1. Open the Daily Kakuro page on SudokuWiki.org; today's numbered puzzle is shown.
2. Read the clue totals for each horizontal and vertical run.
3. Enter digits 1 to 9 so each run adds up to its clue, with no repeated digit in a run.
4. Complete the grid on the page, or print it and solve on paper.

Tips

• Learn the unique combinations: two cells totalling 3 must be 1 and 2, two cells totalling 17 must be 8 and 9.
• Start where a short run crosses a run with few possible combinations.
• Expect the hardest grids on Monday and Thursday.

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