Daily Killer Sudoku June 16, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on June 16, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 9 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 10 | 109 | 17 | ||||
| 136 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
| 6 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
| 23 | 19 | 10 | ||||||
| 20 | 11 | 20 | ||||||
| 8 | 16 | 19 | 14 | |||||
| 1 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 127 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 53
- Hidden single× 25
- 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 June 16, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.