Daily Killer Sudoku July 18, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 18, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 9 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 136 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 18 | ||||||
| 9 | 18 | |||||||
| 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 15 | 23 | 1 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 22 | 13 | |||||
| 15 | 7 | 15 | 8 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 129 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 62
- Hidden single× 16
- Cage combinations× 51
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 18, 2026: the daily classic.