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title: "Printable Hitori: free, with answers | Once Books"
description: "Free printable Hitori. Shade cells so no number repeats unshaded in a line, shaded cells never touch, and the rest stays joined. Every puzzle has one solution, and prints with its answer."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori"
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Free printables

# Free printable Hitori with answers

Hitori is a shading puzzle: shade cells so no number repeats unshaded in any row or column, no two shaded cells touch, and the unshaded cells stay connected. Every puzzle here has exactly one solution.

## By size

Size is what makes a Hitori harder: a bigger grid gives the logic more room. Start small and work up.

- [Easy Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/easy) — Free printable easy Hitori with answers. A gentle small grid that solves in a few minutes, with the answer on page two. No sign-up.
- [Medium Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/medium) — Free printable medium Hitori with answers. An everyday grid with one solution. Print with the answer.
- [Hard Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/hard) — Free printable hard Hitori with answers. A bigger grid for a longer solve, with one solution. Print with the answer.
- [Large Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/large) — Free printable large Hitori with answers. The biggest grid, for a long solve, with the answer on page two. No sign-up.

## By audience

A smaller grid with a gentle rule is the easiest way for a child or a beginner to start.

- [Hitori for kids](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/for-kids) — Free printable Hitori for kids with answers. Small grids with a gentle rule, each with one solution. No sign-up.
- [Hitori for beginners](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/for-beginners) — Free printable Hitori for beginners with answers. Small grids to learn the rule, each with one solution. Print with the answer.

## One answer, every time

What makes a Hitori book worth printing is the guarantee most sellers cannot make: every puzzle is generated and proved by the same solver our Publisher Studio uses, so the clues fix exactly one solution. The answer prints at the back.

## How to solve a hitori

Shade cells so no number repeats unshaded in any row or column, no two shaded cells touch, and the unshaded cells stay joined.

### The method

1. Find the duplicates. Scan each row and column for repeated numbers. At least all but one copy must be shaded.
2. Never shade neighbours. Two shaded cells may not sit side by side, so shading one cell forces its four neighbours to stay unshaded.
3. Keep the white joined. The unshaded cells must form one connected group, so a shade that would cut the grid in two is wrong.
4. Chase the forced cells. Each shade and each forced-unshaded cell narrows the rest. Work outward until the board settles.

**The one rule**

No unshaded repeats per line, no touching shades, white stays connected.

**What the answer page shows**

The shaded solution is printed at the back.

**How the grades differ**

Bigger grids hide more duplicates to resolve.

**Good for**

Solvers who like elimination over placement.

## Make one now

Pick a size, then print the puzzle and its answer. No sign-up, no watermark.

[Open the Hitori generator](https://www.oncebooks.com/tools/hitori-generator)[Make a whole book for KDP](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-hitori-maker)