Daily Killer Sudoku July 20, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 20, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | 19 | |||||||
| 11 | 9 | 17 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 10 | |||||||
| 9 | 12 | 6 | 23 | |||||
| 15 | 10 | 16 | 14 | |||||
| 95 | 14 | 2 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 156 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 62
- Hidden single× 18
- Naked pair× 6
- 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 20, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.