Daily Killer Sudoku August 15, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 15, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 11 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 9 | 28 | ||||||
| 24 | 22 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 | |||||
| 20 | 5 | |||||||
| 17 | 145 | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | 8 | 21 | 17 | |||||
| 17 | 17 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | 24 | 7 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 146 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 57
- Hidden single× 20
- Pointing pair× 3
- Cage combinations× 66
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 15, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.