Four Gray Corners on a 4×4. They Finish the Page.
Your reader opens a 4×4. Four corners are already gray. They have not read a given yet, and they already know what those cells are asking: 1, 2, 3 and 4, each once. Rows, columns and the four little boxes still work the way they always have.
The pen comes out. The page is done while a bare 4×4 is still being explained.
That is the whole appeal of this small-grid book. The extra rule is on the page before anyone reads a number, and the sitting is short enough to finish. A 6×6 Outside is the same sitting with six gray border cells. An 8×8 Center, Inside or Outside is the evening title when you want a longer ladder on the same rule.
What this has never been is easy to produce by hand. You would mark the house, check that those cells really hold each symbol once, and still have to typeset the key. Small Grids Dot Sudoku does that part. You pick the size and the named look. It prints the unsolved page and the matching solution image together.
Try the free demo. Demo output is watermarked. Paid files are watermark-free.
Why Small Grids Dot Sudoku Earns a Place in Your Catalog
The small-grid aisle is a pile of bare 4x4s. A shopper who already owns two kids Sudoku books will not open the third unless the first unsolved page shows something the others do not.
This page does. One extra gray house sits on a single 4×4, 6×6 or 8×8. Those marked cells must contain each symbol once. That is the rule, and it is visible before anyone reads a given. The sitting is short enough to finish, and the extra house is already painted.
Eight named types cover the catalog: 4×4 Outside and 4×4 Random; 6×6 Outside and 6×6 Random; 8×8 Center, 8×8 Inside, 8×8 Outside and 8×8 Random. Lock one named look per title so the first page matches the spine.
I built this because I kept wanting a 4×4 that did not look like every other kids 4×4, and I did not want to paint those gray corners cell by cell. This is the module I reach for when a small-grid book needs a page the shopper can see in a glance.
What You Can Create
One generator, eight named types. These are the books this product prints:
- A 4×4 Outside book the shopper finishes in one sitting, gray corners already on page one
- A 6×6 Outside sit-down title, six border cells marked, still a page they can complete
- An 8×8 Center, Inside or Outside book when you want a longer ladder on the same extra-house rule
- Random Dots pages that wear the extra house on a regular grid of that size
- A second listing from the same house: letters, Roman numerals, hexadecimal or images
- Graded class trays: 4×4 Very Easy, Easy and Hard from one extra-house look
- Worksheet packs and printables for KDP, Etsy, Teachers Pay Teachers or a store you run
- A compiled interior with a title page, a table of contents and a solutions section
Every Create writes two images: the unsolved page, and the matching solution.
See the Output
Why Create It with Puzzle Maker Pro?
The hard part was marking a fair extra house and still shipping a key you had not typed by hand.
Small Grids Dot Sudoku marks the house for you. On 4×4 Outside the four corners are the house. On 6×6 Outside the six border cells are the house. On 8×8 you lock Center, Inside or Outside so the first page shows the look on the cover. Random Dots lays that extra house on a regular puzzle of the same size; the painted cells already hold each symbol once in the solution, so the house is consistent with the key.
Every puzzle writes its matching solution image in the same run. Set Quantity from 1 to 5000. Put the keys in the solutions section at the back, or keep them on the desk when you print a class set. You are not typesetting an answer section after the book is already designed.
Key Creation Workflows
List a 4×4 Outside title they can name from the first page Lock 4×4 Outside. The four corners go gray. That is the listing: a kids-size Sudoku the shopper can tell from a bare 4×4 before they read a given. Run Very Easy, Easy or Hard from that same house. The student who finishes early still sees the corners. Only the level changed.
Print a 6×6 they can finish in one sitting 6×6 Outside marks six border cells. It is still a sitting, a little longer than the 4×4, and the extra house is still on the page before anyone reads a number. Very Easy through Hard live on this size, so a period page and a take-home page come off the same look.
Run an 8×8 Center, Inside and Outside ladder 8×8 is the size with three named houses. Center is two 2×2 blocks that still count as one house. Inside sits on the inner edge. Outside sits on the outer cells. Lock one look per title so the first page matches the spine. Difficulty runs through Extreme. Easy or Hard is the in-class page. Extreme is the last chapter.
Put Random Dots on a regular grid of that size Random Dots is the extra house worn on a regular 4×4, 6×6 or 8×8. The painted cells already hold each symbol once in the solution, so the house helps; it does not fight the key. Use it when you want the extra-house rule without locking a fixed corner or border pattern.
Change the skin and list a second title Numbers keep the extra house readable on the first book. Letters, Roman numerals, hexadecimal or your own images keep the same house and give you a second cover. Animal pictures on a 4×4 Outside, Roman numerals on a 6×6 Outside: same rule, new listing. Tint the gray cells to the color already on that series so the house looks like it belongs.
Hand the set to Instant Puzzle Books, or open it in Puzzle Book Studio Instant Puzzle Books stacks the unsolved pages, then the keys, at the trim you already keep. It writes a title page, a table of contents and a footer that names the solution page. Export that book as an interactive PDF book and those links click. Puzzle Book Studio edits this one collection: fonts, titles, page numbers, layout, margins, trim. The interactive PDF book comes from Studio the same way it comes from Instant Puzzle Books.
From One Puzzle to a Full Book
One 4×4 is a sitting. A book needs a run of those sittings, and a spine the shopper can tell from the bare grids around it.
Set the size, lock the named look, set the level, set Quantity. Instant Puzzle Books compiles the extra-house pages and the matching keys at your trim. Puzzle Book Studio edits this one collection when the interior needs a page-level pass.
Both builders write a title page, a table of contents and cross-reference footers (“Solution 12 on page 87”). Export as an interactive PDF book from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio, and the contents and those puzzle-to-solution links click.
Instant Puzzle Books is the compile you already run. This product adds the extra-house pages to it.
Output Formats and Publishing Options
Each Create writes a puzzle image and a matching solution image as JPG, PNG, transparent PNG or SVG. Drop those pairs into a KDP interior, a worksheet PDF or a vector layout without redrawing the house.
Small Grids Dot Sudoku includes the eight named types, the symbol skins, Instant Puzzle Books, and Puzzle Book Studio for this one collection. Interactive PDF books come from either builder.
You can add other Puzzle Maker Pro products later.
What You Get
One product. The question is whether this is the small-grid extra-house book you are making now.
Small Grids Dot Sudoku creates the eight named types, styles the page, exports all four image formats with matching keys, and builds books through Instant Puzzle Books and Puzzle Book Studio for this one collection.
| Small Grids Dot Sudoku | |
|---|---|
| Eight named types on 4×4, 6×6 and 8×8 | Yes |
| Matching solution image with every puzzle | Yes |
| Numbers, letters, Roman numerals, hexadecimal, images | Yes |
| JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, SVG | Yes |
| Instant Puzzle Books | Yes |
| Puzzle Book Studio | This one collection |
| Interactive PDF books | Yes, from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio |
| License to sell finished books, worksheets and packs to your own readers | Yes |
Pick Small Grids Dot Sudoku if that fits the book you are making today. You can add other Puzzle Maker Pro products later.
Who This Is For
Publishers already using Puzzle Maker Pro. Keep the Instant Puzzle Books trim you already run. Open Sudoku Variations, size 4, 6 or 8, then a Dots item. The extra-house pages drop into the compile you already know.
Small-grid and kids Sudoku publishers. If you have been listing another bare Regular 4×4 because marking an extra house by hand was a day’s work, this is what changes: you lock 4×4 Outside or 6×6 Outside, and the house is already on the page.
Teachers Pay Teachers sellers and classroom packs. Print 4×4 Outside Very Easy, Easy and Hard as three trays from one look. 6×6 Outside is the period page. Keep the matching solution image as the teacher key.
Try It Before You Buy
Make a 4×4 Outside yourself before you spend anything. The free demo covers every current Puzzle Maker Pro module, generates real puzzles, and shows you the gray corners on the unsolved page.
Demo output is watermarked. Paid files are watermark-free.
Licensing and Commercial Use
Small Grids Dot Sudoku lets you sell the finished books, worksheets and printable packs you make to your own readers and customers, on KDP, Etsy, Teachers Pay Teachers or your own store. One-time commercial-use license. Watermark-free files.
The puzzles you make are yours to keep and sell. Delivery is immediate: your download and license appear in your member area the moment your order completes.
Product Details
| Product | Puzzle Maker Pro – Small Grids Dot Sudoku |
| Shop editions | Small Grids Dot Sudoku (one product) |
| Platform | Windows desktop |
| Internet required | No |
| Extra rule | Marked gray cells form one extra house and must contain each symbol once. Rows, columns and regular boxes still take each symbol once. |
| Grid sizes | 4×4, 6×6, 8×8 |
| Named types | 4×4 Outside (four corners), 4×4 Random; 6×6 Outside, 6×6 Random; 8×8 Center, 8×8 Inside, 8×8 Outside, 8×8 Random |
| Difficulty | 4×4: Very Easy, Easy, Hard. 6×6: Very Easy through Hard. 8×8: Very Easy through Extreme |
| Symbol skins | Numbers (default), letters, Roman numerals, hexadecimal, images |
| Quantity | 1 to 5000 puzzles, each with a solution image |
| Output formats | JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, SVG |
| Solution pages | Yes, a solution image generated with every puzzle |
| Puzzle books | Instant Puzzle Books; Puzzle Book Studio for this one collection; title page, table of contents and solution cross-references; interactive PDF books from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio |
| Upgrades | You can add other Puzzle Maker Pro products later |
| Commercial license | Sell the finished books, worksheets and printable packs you make to your own readers and customers |
| Free demo | Yes |
| Delivery | Immediate, in your member area |
Questions Before You Buy
Is there a free demo?
Yes. One download covers every current Puzzle Maker Pro module and generates real puzzles, so you can make a 4×4 Outside and see the gray corners before you buy. Demo output is watermarked. Paid files are watermark-free.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. You can add other Puzzle Maker Pro products later. Start with Small Grids Dot Sudoku if that fits the book or pack you are making today.
Is this a 9×9 Dot Sudoku?
This product is 4×4, 6×6 and 8×8. Nine-by-nine extra-house pages are 9×9 Dot Sudoku.
Is the extra house an overlapping grid?
One extra gray house sits on one grid. Those marked cells must contain each symbol once. Rows, columns and boxes still do their job.
What files do I get?
A puzzle image and a matching solution image per puzzle, as JPG, PNG, transparent PNG or SVG. Instant Puzzle Books stacks those pairs into an extra-house interior. Puzzle Book Studio edits this one collection. Interactive PDF books come from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio.
Can I sell what I make?
Yes. Small Grids Dot Sudoku lets you sell the finished books, worksheets and printables you make to your own readers and customers.
How hard are the puzzles?
4×4 is Very Easy, Easy and Hard. 6×6 runs Very Easy through Hard. 8×8 runs through Extreme.
Do I need the internet to create?
No. You create on your Windows PC.
Your Next Small-Grid Book Can Show the Extra House on Page One
Another bare 4×4 lands in a pile of kids Sudoku books, and it competes on cover art alone.
Six months from now your shelf can hold a 4×4 Outside title, a 6×6 Outside sit-down and an 8×8 Center book: three listings a shopper can tell apart from the first unsolved page, with keys you never typed by hand.
Make a 4×4 first. The demo is free and it generates the real thing.
Then use Add to Cart at the top of this page.
A 4×4 or 6×6 they finish in one sitting. Gray corner and border cells mark one extra house they can see before they read a number. Eight named types on 4×4, 6×6 and 8×8, each with a matching solution image. Try the free demo.
