Daily Killer Sudoku August 29, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 29, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 19 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 7 | |||||||
| 10 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 16 | 9 | 13 | ||||||
| 20 | 18 | |||||||
| 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 6 | 20 | 17 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | 3 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 140 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 60
- Hidden single× 19
- Cage combinations× 61
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 29, 2026: the daily classic.