Daily Classic Sudoku August 19, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 19, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | |||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||||
| 9 | 7 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 57 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 32
- Hidden single× 21
- Naked pair× 1
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 1
- 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 August 19, 2026: the daily killer.