Daily Killer Sudoku May 16, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 16, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
| 23 | 12 | 8 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | ||||||||
| 9 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 24 | 11 | |||||
| 25 | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | 20 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 132 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 58
- Hidden single× 22
- Naked pair× 3
- Cage combinations× 49
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 16, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.