Daily Killer Sudoku May 26, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 26, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 16 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 3 | |
| 7 | ||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 265 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | |||||||
| 7 | 5 | 19 | 13 | |||||
| 18 | 3 | 13 | 22 | |||||
| 20 | 13 | 17 | 8 | |||||
| 16 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 12 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 137 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 54
- Hidden single× 24
- Naked pair× 3
- Cage combinations× 56
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 26, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.