Daily Killer Sudoku July 12, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 12, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 11 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||||
| 8 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | 19 | |||||||
| 11 | 10 | 18 | 11 | |||||
| 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 8 | |||||||
| 14 | 15 | |||||||
| 16 | 23 | 17 | 19 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 6 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 135 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 60
- Hidden single× 19
- Naked pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 55
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 12, 2026: the daily classic.