Daily Killer Sudoku August 5, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 5, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 22 | |||||||
| 21 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 16 | |||||||
| 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 9 | |||||||
| 3 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 4 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 140 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 56
- Hidden single× 24
- Cage combinations× 60
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 5, 2026: the daily classic.