Daily Killer Sudoku July 5, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 5, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 9 | ||||||||
| 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | 11 | 9 | ||||||
| 18 | 10 | 17 | 20 | |||||
| 28 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
| 14 | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| 1 | 19 | 7 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 149 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 57
- Hidden single× 23
- Naked pair× 3
- Cage combinations× 66
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 5, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.