Daily Killer Sudoku July 15, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 15, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 11 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 28 | 15 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 18 | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | 14 | 21 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||||
| 6 | 20 | 7 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 155 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 56
- Hidden single× 23
- Naked pair× 5
- Pointing pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 70
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 15, 2026: the daily classic.