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Sudoku Templates

8 Free Blank Sudoku Grid Templates

Empty 9×9 grids ready to print — one, two, four or six per page — plus 6×6, 4×4, 16×16 and a pencil-mark version. Every file is a PDF with no starting numbers, no watermark and no signup.

Before you print a blank one

You can have a real puzzle instead — free, in a click.

Blank grids are for writing a puzzle in yourself. If you actually want puzzles to solve, you don't have to find them somewhere and copy them across — this site builds them for you, in the same one, two, four and six per page layouts, with an answer key if you want one.

Print them empty

Blank sudoku templates.

A blank sudoku template is an empty grid with the three-by-three box rules already drawn, ready for a puzzle to be written in by hand. Pick a layout and print — nothing to configure.

One empty nine-by-nine sudoku grid filling a portrait page, with heavy rules marking the nine three-by-three boxes
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Blank Sudoku Grid — one per page

The full-page 9×9. Large cells for pen, heavy rules on the three-by-three boxes, nothing else on the sheet.
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Two empty nine-by-nine sudoku grids stacked one above the other on a single portrait sheet
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Blank Sudoku Grids — two per page

Two 9×9 grids stacked. Still comfortable to write in, and it halves the paper.
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Four empty sudoku grids arranged two across and two down, sized for a classroom handout
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Blank Sudoku Grids — four per page

Two by two. The usual choice for a classroom set or a puzzle club handout.
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Six empty sudoku grids in three rows of two, the densest layout in the set
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Blank Sudoku Grids — six per page

Six to a sheet for drafting puzzles or working through variations without burning a ream.
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An empty sudoku grid whose every cell is faintly divided into nine small squares for pencilled candidate numbers
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Pencil-Mark Grid — nine candidate squares per cell

Each cell is faintly divided into a three-by-three block, so a pencilled 2 always sits in the same corner. Scanning for “where can a 2 go” becomes a glance instead of a re-read.
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Two empty six-by-six sudoku grids with boxes three cells wide and two tall
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Blank Sudoku 6×6 — two per page

Boxes three wide and two tall, digits 1–6. The step between a child's 4×4 and a full 9×9.
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Four empty four-by-four sudoku grids with large cells and two-by-two boxes, sized for young children
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Blank Sudoku 4×4 — four per page

Digits 1–4 in two-by-two boxes. Solvable by scanning alone, which is the point at five or six years old.
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One empty sixteen-by-sixteen sudoku grid with four-by-four boxes covering a full page
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Blank Sudoku 16×16 — one per page

Sixteen by sixteen with four-by-four boxes, digits 1–16. A full page, and a long evening.
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Every sudoku template.

Common questions

Blank sudoku FAQ.

What is a blank sudoku template?

A blank sudoku template is an empty 9×9 grid, printed with the heavy three-by-three box rules already in place, so you can write a puzzle into it by hand or solve one you copied from elsewhere. Every grid on this page is empty — no starting numbers, no answer key.

How many blank sudoku grids fit on one page?

All four common layouts are here: one, two, four or six 9×9 grids per US Letter sheet. One per page gives the largest cells to write in; six per page is the usual choice when you are drafting several puzzles at once.

Can I get a blank sudoku template in Excel instead of PDF?

Yes. The same grids are available as .xlsx spreadsheets, including a self-checking version that turns a cell red when you repeat a number in a row, column or box. They open in Excel, LibreOffice and Google Sheets, and contain no macros.

Do you have blank grids for kids?

The 4×4 sheet uses digits 1–4 in two-by-two boxes and can be solved by scanning alone, which suits roughly ages four to six. The 6×6 sheet is the step up from there before a full 9×9.

Can I make a real sudoku puzzle instead of a blank one?

Yes — the generator on this site builds unlimited 9×9 puzzles graded Easy to Sadistic, with an optional answer key, and exports them straight to a printable PDF in the same one, two, four or six per page layouts. You do not have to write a puzzle by hand unless you want to.

Updated through August 2026.