Free Printable Weekly Samurai Su Doku
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Two Samurai puzzles are shown here every week:
- Samurai X (diagonal) puzzles on Tuesdays
- Su Doku Samurai (classic) puzzles on Saturdays
To fully understand how Samurai Sudoku puzzles should be solved, it is strongly recommended that you read Samurai Sudoku rules, instructions and solving suggestions.
In the Samurai Su Dokucategory you will find more kinds of these puzzles, including Killer Samurai Sudoku, Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku and other variants.
Make sure to also check the Main page of this site, because that’s where occasionally other puzzles are posted: Kakuro (Cross Sums), Jigsaw Sudoku, Outside Sudoku, CalcuDoku, Picross (aka Hanjie, Griddlers, Nonograms).
Samurai Sudoku puzzle for Saturday, May 18, 2013 – EASY
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Quick instructions for Sudoku Samurai:
1. All standard Sudoku rules apply.
2. There are 5 interconnected Sudoku grids. Each grid could have more than one solution. However, the whole puzzle does have a unique solution!
3. Numbers cannot be repeated on diagonals. Diagonals are marked by thin grey lines that look like “X”s.
4. Solution can be found by logic alone. No guessing is required!
5. Difficulty levels in increasing order: EASY – COOL – THINKER – BRAIN – IQ – INSANE
Solutions are posted on the Samurai Sudoku Solutions page, on the same day as the puzzle itself.
If you are looking for solutions for Samurai puzzles from The Washington Post, those are also on the Solutions page, or alternatively in the archive.
46 Comments
Are you stopping the Sat & Tues Samurai Sudokus on this site?
(the one showing at 2:00 EST today, 1/3/12, is from last Sat, 12/31/11)
No, no, no…
I’m not stopping the bi-weekly Samurai Sudoku puzzles! They will be back on Thursday! Sorry for that, it was a mistake on my end.
Happy New Year!
Great, my wife would kill me if you did !!
Are you going to skip Tuesday the 3rd? It’s Thursday pm and it’s still not showing up.
We miss our weekly fix of diagonal samurai’s.
I am about to send out a newsletter with the missing Samurai X that was meant to be posted on Tuesday.
Next puzzle will be posted here on Saturday.
So, if you want to get the Diagonal Samurai for Tuesday, you should sign up for the newsletter.
Do you sell samurai x books?
No, there have been no books with just Samurai X puzzles, but in every book there are about 20-25 of Diagonal Samurai Sudokus.
I just saw msg #9 about the newsletter and signed up for the newsletter. Will I be getting “tuesday’s” Samurai X or am I too late?
You will be getting the missing Samurai X. Today or tomorrow, it depends on the message server.
Received the Jan 3rd puzzle in the newsletter, thanks.
I didn’t get the newsletter with the 1/3 puzzle.
Today’s is the toughest “cool” I’ve done. I would rate it a bit higher. Actually took me about 2 hours.
I didn’t get the newsletter with the January 3rd Samurai X puzzle at all.
Lor, I resent it to you. Hope you receive it this time.
I did receive the puzzle, thank you.
Thanks for the IQ on Jan. 24. Its been a long time since anything harder than cool!
We never received Jan. 3.
Thanks for the IQ Jan. 24. Its been a long time since anything harder than cool.
Joanne and Tom Montzka
hi im trying to get the solution for January 28 or February 5 2012. i forgot to download it. thanks
Can I get the solution to the 29 Jan Samaurai Soduku in the Washington Post.
Thanks
Sure Mike, the solutions to Samurai Sudoku puzzles from The Washington Post are in the archive.
Many thanks for trying to describe the terminlogy for the starters!
I was looking to see if you were still going to offer the “samurai sudoku X” puzzles weekly. I also wanted to know if you had a book of just “samrai sudoku X” puzzels.
I really enjoy them.
Thanks
Bill
Bill, Diagonal Samurai Sudoku are still published (almost) every week. Occasionally, just occasionally, a Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku slips in instead, but that’s very rare. So don’t worry, Samurai X will still be published!
Unfortunately there is not a book of JUST Samurai X, but there are some with quite a few of those puzzles.
Is it my imagination, or can the middle puzzle of the April 17 Samurai Sudoku only be solved by guessing where the 1, 2 and 6 go?
Paul, my puzzles never require guessing. So, lets see…
The 5 constituent sub-puzzles of a Sudoku Samurai puzzle cannot be (in general) solved individually. I hope you were not attempting to do that.
If you solved the other 4 and were left with the middle and couldn’t solve it, perhaps it’s because it’s a Diagonal Samurai? Also, there is always a possibility that you made a mistake in one of the other 4 sub puzzles which prevented you from solving the fifth.
Anyway… if you still need assistance, please send me your progress so far and I’ll try to help you out.
Cheers!
is there some where to purchase the X sudoku (high fives) like doing them an would love some books to have for my long hospital stays ..thank you
Is there any way I could get last week’s Samurai puzzles (3 July and 7 July)? I was out of town with no computer access.
cannot reach the solution for today’s samurai…, I get the German puzzle page.. HELP!!!
Is it possible to publish Killer samurai Sudoku puzzles on your website please.
Are you discontinuing the Samurai X puzzles? The last two Tuesdays have been a Jigsaw samurai. My wife and I look forward to the Samurai X puzzles providing they are a THINKER – BRAIN – IQ – INSANE.
Too many of the ones you publish are either EASY or COOL.
Hi Tom, no, I’m not discontinuing Diagonal Samurai puzzles!
I just thought it would be a nice change to have a couple of Jigsaws… next week Samurai X are back! 
The one thing I’ve never seen is a Level 5 Samurai Sudoku puzzle in the Washington Post comics section. Now that would be fun to see.
When will Samurai Killer Sudoku puzzles appear on the website?
I can no longer see the Samurai Sudoku puzzle on Saturday. I tried liking it on my facebook account (even though I personally HATE facebook). And I tried unliking it and liking it again. Still no luck. Any other suggestions?
That’s because it’s not there. Either he forgot to post the latest puzzles on both the Samurai and the puzzle archive, or his system crashed, or something. They’re simply not there.
That’s because it’s not there. Either he forgot to post the latest puzzles on both the Samurai and the puzzle archive, or his system crashed, or something.
I have enjoyed coming to your website for years, and have purchased at least half a dozen books of yours. Even though there are weeks where I don’t print a puzzle (I don’t like tridoku/hitori/straights/calcudoku/hidoku), I faithfully still check every day, minutes after I know the day’s new puzzle will be posted.
I must say however, that this new Facebook setup is terrible. I can even get past the annoyance of “liking”, but the fact is that the puzzles aren’t even showing up for me, and I am not finding a way to “unlike”, as suggested.
In addition to that, I now also have to check my Facebook settings as I don’t want endless postings from my Facebook account being sent to friends or even showing up on my wall.
I will still visit your page, but I don’t know how long for if the puzzles don’t even appear.
A sad day indeed, but thanks for sudoku variant puzzles that I have enjoyed over the years!
Are there any plans to make another Non-Consecutive Sudoku Compendium book, I just love the first one.
Conni, in a few other books I’ve already published some non consecutive sudoku puzzles. For example, have you tried Outside sudoku book? I always publish many Outside non consecutive sudokus in them!
As a non-Facebook person who goes to a frined’s house to use her computer, not being to able to access the puzzles for thirty minutes of every hour makes it impossible for me to continue to enjoy your website.
It seems like every other samurai for the past couple months has been easy. I would think most of us would need the middle difficulty puzzles, not the easy or the IQ.
Love the variety of puzzles you have on your site. Especially like the “new” outside types, the consecutive & nonconsecutive puzzles, and the odd/evens although they are a bit on the easy side, too.
I couldn’t find a “like” button and I’m not on Facebook. Suggestion: clicking on the puzzle implies a “like”. Why don’t you just make it an automatic “like”?
Hey! Many thanks for the Level 5 Sudoku puzzle in the Washington Post. I plowed through it (although sometimes I get stuck on the level 3). I do wish you would print more of them (level 5). They are so rare!
Thanks for your comment, Pat and well done on solving a level 5!
I also prefer difficult puzzles, but most people prefer moderate difficulty. So we try to please everybody, which is not always so easy.
Anyway, in my samurai sudoku books there are many puzzles which are of a higher difficulty, so you might want to try there.
Best,
Djape
Thank you for the Level 5 Samurai Sudoku in the Washington Post over the weekend! First one I’ve ever seen – hope to see more!
You are welcome Paul! Glad you enjoyed it – and you are not alone!
Will try to offer more challenging ones more often…
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