Daily Classic Sudoku August 26, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 26, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | |||||||
| 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 64 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 41
- Hidden single× 12
- Pointing pair× 3
- Swordfish× 1
- XY-Wing× 1
- Coloring× 1
- Forcing chain× 5
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 26, 2026: the daily killer.