Daily Killer Sudoku August 3, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 3, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 5 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 14 | 5 | 13 | 13 | |||||
| 10 | 19 | 17 | 5 | |||||
| 3 | 15 | 14 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 4 | ||||
| 18 | 16 | 3 | ||||||
| 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | |||||
| 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 145 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 60
- Hidden single× 19
- Cage combinations× 66
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 August 3, 2026: the daily classic.