Daily Killer Sudoku May 8, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 8, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 9 | 12 | 19 | |||||
| 1 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 11 | 3 | 22 | |||||
| 158 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 17 | 16 | ||||||
| 9 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 164 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 50
- Hidden single× 29
- Naked pair× 4
- Hidden pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 80
Difficulty on Stillgrid is graded by the hardest technique a puzzle actually requires — this one earns Medium. How the technique ladder works.
Stuck on a cage? The killer sudoku calculator lists every combination a sum can take.
Also on May 8, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.