Daily Classic Sudoku October 16, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 16, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||||
| 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||||
| 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 69 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 39
- Hidden single× 14
- Naked pair× 2
- Hidden pair× 2
- Pointing pair× 3
- X-Wing× 1
- Coloring× 1
- Forcing chain× 7
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 16, 2026: the daily killer.