Play free Sudoku puzzles this Christmas
We've put together a selection of easy, medium and hard Sudoku puzzles to play over Christmas and New Year. Plus three downloadable, printable Sudoku packs. That's over 100 puzzles!
Enjoy playing and come back in the first week of January 2026 for more daily Sudoku challenges.
Check out our problem-solving tools for strategies to tackle number-based scenarios. Explore our Functional Skills maths videos and activities to see how people use calculations and logic in everyday jobs.
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Printable Sudoku puzzles
Want more puzzles? These Sudoku PDF packs can be downloaded and printed. With 30 puzzles per difficulty level plus solutions, there are plenty more Sudoku challenges for you here.
What is Sudoku?
Sudoku is a number-based puzzle game. The aim is to fill the 9×9 square grid using all of the numbers one to nine only once in each row and column, and within each of the smaller 3×3 grids. Players use logic and deduction to work out where the numbers can go.
How do you play sudoku?
Using the numbers 1 to 9, fill the bigger grid (9×9 squares) so that each column, each row, and each of the subgrids (3×3 squares, also called 'boxes' or 'regions') contain all of the numbers from 1 to 9 exactly once.
You'll see that each puzzle starts with some numbers already filled in. You can use these as clues to work out which other numbers fit. The harder the difficulty, the fewer numbers you'll see at the start.
Use the notes tool to help you keep track of all the numbers which could potentially work in each empty cell.
Where can I play more maths games and quizzes?
There are loads more ways to test your numerical skills on BBC Bitesize.
Browse our range of topic-based maths quizzes or jump straight into the challenge with our quick-fire maths quizzes!
If you're studying GCSE maths, don't miss our exam-style practice questions. You can also test yourself using past maths exam papers.
If you'd rather play a game than a quiz, Divided Islands is a fast-paced interactive puzzler.
Play Divided Islands! The BBC Bitesize GCSE maths game. game
Use your maths skills to answer questions and bring light back to the islands. Challenge yourself with GCSE mode.
