Daily Classic Sudoku June 9, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on June 9, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | ||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 60 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 50
- Hidden single× 3
- Naked pair× 2
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 1
- Coloring× 2
- Forcing chain× 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 June 9, 2026: the daily killer. Or jump to today's classic daily.