Daily Killer Sudoku August 6, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 6, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 85 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 14 | 15 | ||||||
| 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||||
| 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 7 | 12 | 11 | |||||
| 15 | 17 | 9 | ||||||
| 14 | 9 | 13 | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 11 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 136 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 55
- Hidden single× 25
- Cage combinations× 56
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 6, 2026: the daily classic.