Daily Killer Sudoku June 18, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on June 18, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 3 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 185 | 22 | |||
| 17 | 14 | |||||||
| 5 | 15 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 19 | 13 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| 12 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
| 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 11 | 17 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 141 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 49
- Hidden single× 28
- Naked pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 62
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 18, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.