Daily Killer Sudoku May 22, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 22, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 8 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | 7 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | 9 | 12 | |||||
| 14 | 16 | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | 24 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| 15 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| 23 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | 3 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 141 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 58
- Hidden single× 23
- Naked pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 58
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 22, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.