Medium Printable Sudoku Puzzles
Challenge yourself with a medium printable sudoku puzzle. This level is a good fit when easy puzzles feel too quick but hard puzzles are more than you want today.
| 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 7 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 5 | 8 | 2 |
If you have been solving easy sudoku puzzles for a while and find yourself finishing them quickly, it is time to step up to medium difficulty. Our medium sudoku puzzles provide fewer starting numbers than the easy level, which means you will need to use more advanced elimination techniques and occasionally hold possibilities in your head before committing to a number. The challenge is real but manageable — satisfying enough to keep you engaged without crossing into frustration.
Medium sudoku puzzles typically provide 30 to 37 given numbers out of the 81 cells. This means you will encounter more situations where simple scanning is not enough. You will need to use techniques like naked pairs, where two cells in a row or box can only contain the same two numbers, allowing you to eliminate those numbers from other cells. You may also find hidden singles, where a number can only go in one place within a row, column, or box, even though it is not immediately obvious. These techniques are the building blocks of sudoku mastery.
The progression from easy to medium is one of the most rewarding steps in puzzle solving. You begin to see patterns more quickly, develop your own solving strategies, and experience the deep satisfaction that comes from cracking a puzzle that genuinely challenged you. Many solvers at this level report entering a flow state where time seems to disappear — a meditative quality that makes sudoku much more than just a brain exercise. Our medium puzzles are generated fresh every day, so you always have a new challenge. Print, solve, and enjoy the next level of your sudoku journey.