Daily Killer Sudoku August 4, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 4, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 20 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 20 | 6 | ||||||
| 19 | 20 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| 10 | 9 | 9 | 17 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 22 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 12 | ||||
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 155 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 57
- Hidden single× 24
- Naked pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 72
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 4, 2026: the daily classic.