Daily Classic Sudoku May 25, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 25, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 59 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 39
- Hidden single× 14
- Naked pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 1
- X-Wing× 1
- XY-Wing× 2
- Coloring× 1
Difficulty on Stillgrid is graded by the hardest technique a puzzle actually requires — this one earns Nightmare. How the technique ladder works.
Also on May 25, 2026: the daily killer. Or jump to today's classic daily.