Daily Killer Sudoku July 19, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 19, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 17 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 13 | ||||||
| 12 | 19 | |||||||
| 7 | 22 | 10 | 18 | |||||
| 21 | 17 | 7 | ||||||
| 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | |||||
| 17 | 11 | 4 | 14 | |||||
| 17 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 8 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 166 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 57
- Hidden single× 24
- Naked pair× 12
- Cage combinations× 73
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 19, 2026: the daily classic.