Daily Classic Sudoku October 22, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 22, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 6 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 4 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 56 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 44
- Hidden single× 9
- Pointing pair× 2
- 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 October 22, 2026: the daily killer.