# Sudoku Skills

Sudoku Skills is a guided Sudoku learning platform for people who want to learn how Sudoku reasoning works, not just get answers.

## What the product does

- Teaches Sudoku through a structured 58-lesson School from beginner basics through expert techniques.
- Pairs each technique lesson with a puzzle where that technique appears naturally during the solve.
- Explains moves with candidates, highlights, smart nudges, walkthrough review, and board animations for Full Access members.
- Includes Daily Puzzle, random puzzles, a curated Puzzle Library, saved puzzles, statistics, OCR puzzle import, and printable PDF Books.
- Lets visitors try Daily Puzzle and Beginner Random Puzzle before registering.
- Requires only a verified email address to create a free account. No payment information is needed for registration.

## Sudoku School coverage

Sudoku School starts with rows, columns, boxes, givens, candidates, naked singles, and hidden singles. It then teaches locked candidates, pairs, triples, fish patterns, finned and sashimi fish, XY-Wing, XYZ-Wing, WXYZ-Wing, Almost Locked Sets, ALS-XZ, ALS-XY-Wing, Skyscraper, 2-String Kite, Turbot Fish, Simple Coloring, X-Chain, XY-Chain, Remote Pairs, AIC / Grouped Chains, Forcing Chains, Unique Rectangle, BUG+1, What-If replay, contradiction reasoning, famous puzzles, and expert capstones.

The final School achievement is the Sudoku Skills Diploma badge. It is an in-app completion badge, not a formal certificate or external credential.

## Key pages

- Home: https://sudokuskills.com/
- Play: https://sudokuskills.com/play
- Sudoku School: https://sudokuskills.com/school
- Puzzle Library: https://sudokuskills.com/library
- Help: https://sudokuskills.com/help
- Account: https://sudokuskills.com/account
- PDF Book: https://sudokuskills.com/pdf-book
- OCR import: https://sudokuskills.com/ocr
- Privacy: https://sudokuskills.com/privacy
- Terms: https://sudokuskills.com/terms

## Access levels

- Basic: visitor demo access for Daily Puzzle, manual entry with validation, and Beginner Random Puzzle.
- Limited: free signed-in access after verified email registration, including the core solver, Solve, Nudge, Save, saved progress, history, and statistics.
- Full Access: paid monthly or annual membership for the complete Sudoku School, board animations, curated Puzzle Library, OCR import, PDF Books, badges, and the final Sudoku Skills Diploma badge.