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title: "Large Hitori: free printable with answers"
description: "Free printable large Hitori with answers. The biggest grid, for a long solve, with the answer on page two. No sign-up."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/large"
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# Large Hitori

A large Hitori is a long, satisfying solve. shade cells so no number repeats unshaded in a line and shaded cells never touch. Like every puzzle here it has exactly one solution, printed on page two.

PuzzleDesign

Difficulty

Larger grids are harder. Every puzzle has one shading.

5×5 board. Shade cells so no number repeats unshaded in a row or column, and shaded cells never touch.

Theme

ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa

**Customise colours**

Numbers

Cell lines

Box lines

Page background

Style

StandardClean

Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid.

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Two pages: the puzzle and its answer. Every puzzle has one solution, checked by the same engine as our KDP studio.

## Want the whole book?

This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn it into a full Hitori book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs.

[Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/hitori/edit?from=hitori&v=2&s=eyJkaWZmaWN1bHR5IjoiRVZJTCIsImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0)

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Preview

The puzzle and its answer, as they print.

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  Puzzle
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  Solution

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## 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.

## Making a whole Hitori book?

This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP Hitori maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-hitori-maker) generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.

## More printable Hitori

- [Easy Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/easy)
- [Medium Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/medium)
- [Hard Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/hard)
- [Hitori for kids](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/for-kids)
- [Hitori for beginners](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori/for-beginners)

[See every printable Hitori](https://www.oncebooks.com/hitori)

## Questions

**Are these large hitori free to print?**

Yes. Generate the puzzle above and print it with its answer, at no cost and with no sign-up.

**Does every puzzle have one solution?**

Yes. Every puzzle is generated and checked so the clues fix exactly one solution, verified before it prints. The answer is on the second page.

**Can I make a Hitori book to sell on KDP?**

Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. The KDP Hitori maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.