Daily Killer Sudoku August 10, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 10, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 8 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 1 | |
| 6 | 13 | 2 | ||||||
| 14 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 20 | |||
| 8 | ||||||||
| 10 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | 9 | 20 | ||||||
| 9 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 21 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 151 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 56
- Hidden single× 23
- Naked pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 71
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 10, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.