Daily Killer Sudoku July 4, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 4, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 26 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 18 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 19 | ||||||
| 22 | 16 | |||||||
| 6 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 23 | 28 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| 5 | 23 | 19 | 12 | |||||
| 7 | 5 | 6 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 119 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 53
- Hidden single× 26
- Cage combinations× 40
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 July 4, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.