Daily Killer Sudoku July 16, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 16, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 17 | 8 | 102 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 22 | 9 | ||||||
| 14 | 17 | 23 | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | 29 | 14 | 25 | 8 | ||||
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What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 132 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 67
- Hidden single× 12
- Cage combinations× 53
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 16, 2026: the daily classic.