Daily Classic Sudoku July 19, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 19, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 5 | ||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 57 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 33
- Hidden single× 20
- Pointing pair× 2
- XY-Wing× 1
- 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 July 19, 2026: the daily killer.