Daily Killer Sudoku July 14, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 14, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 18 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 14 | 21 | |||||||
| 6 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | |||||
| 9 | 17 | 12 | ||||||
| 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | |||||
| 20 | 13 | 16 | 17 | |||||
| 4 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| 20 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 144 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 59
- Hidden single× 21
- Naked pair× 5
- Hidden pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 58
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 14, 2026: the daily classic.