Daily Killer Sudoku August 24, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 24, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 18 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 19 | 19 | |||||
| 12 | 14 | |||||||
| 165 | 8 | 18 | 15 | |||||
| 5 | 23 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 10 | |||||||
| 10 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 11 | 15 | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 142 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 53
- Hidden single× 27
- Cage combinations× 62
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 24, 2026: the daily classic.