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Sudoku for Beginners
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Hand-picked YouTube tutorials from expert instructors — covering everything from your very first puzzle to pencil marks, notation systems, and core strategies.

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Suggested Viewing Order for Beginners

New to Sudoku? Watch these videos in order for the best learning experience — each one builds on the previous.

1
First Puzzle
2
Snyder Notation
3
Beginner's Guide
4
Scanning Mastery
5
Naked Pairs

Hand-Picked Beginner Tutorials

Every video is selected for clarity, accuracy, and how well it builds your logical thinking — not just pattern memorisation.

Absolute Beginner
Your Very First Sudoku Tutorial
dxSudoku
The perfect starting point for anyone brand new to Sudoku. This video walks you through the rules and demonstrates the most natural way complete beginners start solving — using only the blank cells, no pencil marks needed yet.
What you'll learn
The 3 core Sudoku rules How to read the grid Solving your first puzzle Blank-cell elimination
Notation Technique
Basic Strategies: Snyder Notation
dxSudoku
Snyder Notation is the most popular pencil-mark system used by competitive solvers worldwide — and it's far faster than marking all candidates. Learn this efficient two-candidate notation and transform the speed at which you break into medium puzzles.
What you'll learn
What Snyder Notation is When and how to use it Two-candidate marking Speeding up your solve
Strategy Beginner
Beginner's Guide: The 7 Base Techniques
dxSudoku
Once you can solve your first puzzle, this is the next essential step. The "modern software approach" to Sudoku introduces you to the 7 most commonly used techniques, covering everything from naked singles to pointing pairs — all the tools you need to tackle Medium-level puzzles.
What you'll learn
Naked singles Hidden singles Naked pairs Pointing pairs 7-base technique system
Technique Beginner
Scanning Techniques: Cross-Hatching & Elimination
Your Channel Pick
Scanning is the first technique every solver needs to master. Learn cross-hatching (scanning rows and columns to eliminate where a number can go) and how systematic elimination alone can solve most Easy and many Medium puzzles.
What you'll learn
Cross-hatching method Row/column scanning Systematic elimination Speed improvements
Technique Strategy
Naked Pairs & Naked Triples Explained
Your Channel Pick
Naked Pairs are the gateway to Medium and Hard puzzles. When two cells in the same row, column, or box contain only the same two candidates, those numbers can be eliminated from everywhere else in that house — unlocking a cascade of new deductions.
What you'll learn
What a Naked Pair is How to spot them Naked Triples extension Real puzzle walk-through
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