Daily Killer Sudoku May 17, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 17, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |||||
| 19 | 11 | 9 | 11 | |||||
| 15 | 13 | 22 | 14 | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 15 | 7 | |||||
| 11 | 14 | 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 17 | 14 | 123 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 20 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 154 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 53
- Hidden single× 26
- Naked pair× 4
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 69
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 17, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.