Hitori Puzzles — 8x8

Free printable 8x8 hitori puzzles as PDFs with answer pages. The classic newspaper size for confident solvers. No sign-up or email needed.

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Eight by eight is where hitori settles into its proper rhythm. There is enough grid for the shading to form long diagonal chains, and enough duplication for the opening patterns — triples, adjacent pairs, sandwiched numbers — to appear several times in the same puzzle. The finish is usually decided by connectivity rather than duplication: the numbers are all sorted out, and the last few cells are fixed purely by the need to keep the white region in one piece.

Each page holds a single 8x8 hitori grid printed with firm rule lines and evenly weighted digits, so a shaded cell reads clearly whether you fill it with pencil, pen or highlighter. Each puzzle comes with an answer page marking the shaded cells. Everything is black and white and sized for one US Letter sheet per puzzle.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the sandwich pattern in hitori?
If two identical numbers are separated by a single different cell, like 5 2 5, then that middle cell must stay white. Shading it is impossible without also needing one of the 5s white next to a shaded cell, and in practice the middle cell being white is the deduction you use. It is one of the most reliable openings on a larger grid.
How do I mark cells I know are white?
Most solvers put a small dot or circle on confirmed white cells. It matters more on an 8x8 than a 5x5, because you will revisit the same row several times and it saves re-deriving the same fact. The sheets leave enough space in each cell for a mark alongside the printed number.
Is there ever guessing in hitori?
A well-formed hitori is solvable by logic alone from start to finish, with a single valid shading pattern. If you find yourself guessing, there is almost always an unused connectivity deduction — check whether any shading choice would isolate a white cell or a group of them.
How long should an 8x8 take?
Ten to twenty minutes is typical once you know the standard patterns. Solvers new to the puzzle often take longer on their first two or three and then speed up sharply, because the same three or four opening shapes recur in every grid.