NYT Sudoku Resolver — Solve Today's Sudoku
Load the current day's New York Times Sudoku puzzle and solve it step by step with guided explanations of solving techniques. 100% client-side solving — your puzzle never leaves your browser.
How to Use
1. Load a Puzzle
Select your difficulty (Easy, Medium, or Hard) and click "Load Today's Puzzle" to fetch the current NYT Sudoku.
2. Analyze
Click "Analyze & Explain" to see what solving technique is needed for the next step, with a detailed explanation.
3. Solve Step by Step
Use "Next Step" to apply one solving technique at a time, or "Solve All" to complete the entire puzzle.
Solving Techniques
The resolver uses 17 solving techniques across three difficulty tiers:
Beginner
- Naked Single
- Hidden Single
Intermediate
- Naked Pair / Triple / Quad
- Hidden Pair / Triple / Quad
- Pointing Pair / Triple
- Box / Line Reduction
Advanced
- X-Wing
- Swordfish
- XY-Wing
- XYZ-Wing
- Unique Rectangles
- Turbot Fish
- Simple Colorings
Frequently Asked Questions
The puzzle is fetched from the New York Times website (nytimes.com/puzzles/sudoku). A server-side proxy retrieves the page and extracts the puzzle data. The puzzle itself is a standard 9x9 Sudoku published daily by the NYT.
No. The Sudoku puzzle data is publicly available on the NYT website without a subscription. The subscription is only required for other NYT Games like the Crossword.
The resolver analyzes the current state of your puzzle and finds the simplest solving technique that can be applied. It explains the technique, highlights the relevant cells, and lets you apply the step or move to the next one.
Currently, the tool fetches only today's puzzle. To use archived puzzles, paste the 81-digit puzzle string into the input field. You can find puzzle strings from various Sudoku sources or use our Sudoku Assistant for manual entry.