Daily Killer Sudoku August 22, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 22, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 27 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | |||||
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 21 | |||||
| 19 | 9 | |||||||
| 6 | 23 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| 11 | 8 | 2 | 23 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 17 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 127 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 64
- Hidden single× 13
- Cage combinations× 50
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 22, 2026: the daily classic.