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title: "Printable Straights: free, with answers | Once Books"
description: "Free printable Straights. Fill the white cells so every line has distinct digits and each run is a set of consecutive numbers. Every puzzle has one solution, and prints with its answer."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/straights"
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Free printables

# Free printable Straights with answers

Straights, also called Str8ts, splits each row and column with black cells into runs: every run of white cells is a set of consecutive numbers in any order, and digits never repeat in a line. Every puzzle here has exactly one solution.

## By size

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

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

- [Straights for kids](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/for-kids) — Free printable Straights for kids with answers. Small grids with a gentle rule, each with one solution. No sign-up.
- [Straights for beginners](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/for-beginners) — Free printable Straights 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 Straights 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 straights

Fill the white cells so every row and column holds distinct digits, and each run of white cells between the black cells is a set of consecutive numbers.

### The method

1. Spot the runs. The black cells split each row and column into runs. A run of three white cells holds three consecutive numbers in any order.
2. Use the length. A run of length L can only hold numbers within a window L wide, so its highest and lowest digits are L apart.
3. Respect the whole line. Digits never repeat across a full row or column, and a black clue digit is excluded from the white cells of its line.
4. Narrow the windows. A given digit fixes a run’s window. Cross rows against columns until each cell has one option.

**The one rule**

Distinct digits per line, and each run a set of consecutive numbers.

**What the answer page shows**

The completed grid is printed at the back.

**How the grades differ**

Bigger grids bring longer runs and fewer givens.

**Good for**

Solvers who like sudoku with a twist.

## Make one now

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

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