Daily Killer Sudoku July 27, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on July 27, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 8 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | 11 | 9 | ||||||
| 1 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 5 | ||||
| 21 | 17 | 5 | 18 | |||||
| 18 | 12 | 24 | ||||||
| 22 | 8 | 17 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 16 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 134 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 60
- Hidden single× 19
- Naked pair× 3
- Cage combinations× 52
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 27, 2026: the daily classic.