Daily Classic Sudoku October 13, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 13, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 1 | 9 | |||||||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 2 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 57 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 40
- Hidden single× 13
- Naked pair× 2
- Hidden pair× 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 October 13, 2026: the daily killer. Or jump to today's classic daily.