Daily Killer Sudoku May 27, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on May 27, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 18 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | |||||||
| 22 | 8 | 18 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | 16 | 14 | ||||||
| 14 | 24 | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | 15 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 152 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 61
- Hidden single× 19
- Naked pair× 5
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 7
- Cage combinations× 59
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 27, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.