Daily Killer Sudoku August 8, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 8, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 14 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 18 | ||||||
| 11 | 15 | 18 | 7 | |||||
| 9 | 14 | 25 | 10 | |||||
| 23 | 15 | |||||||
| 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 17 | 9 | |||||||
| 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 127 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 52
- Hidden single× 26
- Cage combinations× 49
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 8, 2026: the daily classic.