Daily Killer Sudoku July 24, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 24, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| 12 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 17 | 9 | 6 | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 9 | |||
| 14 | 13 | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | 14 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 142 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 59
- Hidden single× 22
- Cage combinations× 61
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 24, 2026: the daily classic.