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title: "Straights for beginners: free printable with answers"
description: "Free printable Straights for beginners with answers. Small grids to learn the rule, each with one solution. Print with the answer."
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# For beginners Straights

New to Straights? Start small. each run of white cells is a set of consecutive numbers. These grids give you plenty to start from, and each has exactly one solution.

PuzzleDesign

Difficulty

Larger grids with fewer givens are harder. Every puzzle has one solution.

5×5 grid. Each run of white cells between the black cells is a set of consecutive numbers.

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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 Straights 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/straights/edit?from=straights&v=2&s=eyJkaWZmaWN1bHR5IjoiRUFTWSIsImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0)

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The puzzle and its answer, as they print.

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## 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.

## Making a whole Straights book?

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

## More printable Straights

- [Straights for kids](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/for-kids)
- [Easy Straights](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/easy)
- [Medium Straights](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/medium)
- [Hard Straights](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/hard)
- [Large Straights](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights/large)

[See every printable Straights](https://www.oncebooks.com/straights)

## Questions

**Are these straights for beginners 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 Straights book to sell on KDP?**

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