Daily Killer Sudoku August 26, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 26, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 15 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 25 | ||||||||
| 13 | ||||||||
| 3 | 11 | 17 | 26 | |||||
| 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 17 | |||||||
| 13 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | |||||||
| 6 | 5 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 151 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 58
- Hidden single× 22
- Naked pair× 3
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 65
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 26, 2026: the daily classic.