Daily calcudoku

The puzzle

Fill every row and every column with the digits 1 to 7, each exactly once, so that the digits in every outlined cage combine to its target with its operation. This one has 6 addition cages, 7 subtraction cages and 7 multiplication cages.

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Where to start

5 cells are printed for you: a 4 at row 2, column 5; a 1 at row 3, column 5; a 4 at row 4, column 2; a 3 at row 5, column 3; and a 5 at row 5, column 4. Fill those in first, then let each one rule its digit out of its row and column.

How this grid gives way

Of the 44 cells left to fill after the 5 printed ones, 22 by a cage’s arithmetic leaving only one value that fits; 20 by crossing off what a cell’s row and column already hold until one digit was left; and 2 by finding the one place left in a line where a digit could still go. No step needs a guess: every Cages daily is checked to have exactly one solution, reachable by reasoning alone.

The full solution

The worked solution for this puzzle appears here on 2 November 2026. Until its month is over, a missed day can still be replayed in Cages to keep a streak going — so for now the grid is yours to reason through.

Stuck? The solving techniques cover everything this grid needs, and earlier months are solved in full.