Daily Killer Sudoku May 9, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 9, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 8 | 18 | 13 | |||||
| 17 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
| 24 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | 7 | 14 | ||||||
| 8 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 23 | ||||||
| 6 | 14 | 27 | 7 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 12 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 130 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 53
- Hidden single× 27
- Cage combinations× 50
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 9, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.