Do any of you know the best way to solve a suduko puzzle ?

Answer 1

yes.
use a penicil and eraser.
Look for a number which is present the most often in the puzzle,
now check to see which of the 9 squares does not contain that number.
See if the number would fit anywhere in that square, but there can't be that same number either in a horizontal line or a vertical line
Write in the number.

Once you have done any easy one's like that, you look at one single square at a time and then go thru all the possibilities of all the numbers that could fit in that square.
Write those numbers in the square in very small writing.
Do that to all the little squares in your bigger square (the one with 9 squares) and you will start to see that maybe there is only one place in that big square, that a seven could fit, or maybe a five.

Get the picture?

There are some other really neat puzzles now from Japan, Kakuro, Killer, slitherlink, bridges and loop the loop.
Killer is like sudoku except you have no numbers in the puzzle to start with. Instead there are dotted lines around several boxes which state the total value of the box and you have to figure out what numbers could fit in it.
Kakuro is also really cool, that is different altogether, you have to insert strings of numbers that add up to a certain amount.

I love these puzzles!!!

Answer 2

Paper puzzles become messy with erasing so much.
Start with easy puzzles. Find obvious number fits and then it's just looking in both directions to make sure no number is duplicated.
I like this online one because you can pick levels and it gives you a how am I doing button which higlights lines that are wrong. but there are others, I don't remember the others, one game would remove the wrong number and another would hilight only the wrong number not the line. the highlighted line seems to let me focus on the whole line. good luck it's really a brain tester.

Answer 3

Start with all the easy moves first..like ones that are obvious. Then if, you have a near line, check to see if you can finish it off. After that, it's really just kinda logic.
If you get really stuck, you can put little numbers in the empty boxes where they would fit in. (If that makes any sense at all)
It takes alot of practice to get really good at the puzzles. As of now, it takes me about 6 minutes to finish an easy to medium difficulty puzzle. You just got to keep working at it.

Answer 4

someone recommended this puzzle to "exercise my brains". I've not been successful myself, so far. When I asked him how good he is at this - I discovered he hasn't even tried solving one himself! So much for suduko !

Answer 5

yes, take your time, feel free to make a copy of it, and try out answers on that before you write them into the real board

Answer 6

I am curious too! Looks like there are too many ways to choose ;) lol

Answer 7

http://www.suduko.org.uk/

There are other sites that give advice. You can buy books on it.
http://www.sudoku.com/
http://www.puzzle.ro/en/sudoku_solver.htm

For a greater list, use a search engine like info.com

Answer 8

trial and error. lots of it. patience is good too.