Daily Killer Sudoku August 30, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 30, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 9 | 205 | 22 | ||||||
| 7 | 12 | 14 | 12 | |||||
| 17 | 15 | 11 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | 17 | 24 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | 24 | 16 | |||||
| 6 | 7 | |||||||
| 16 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| 8 | 16 | 11 | 10 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 140 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 67
- Hidden single× 11
- Naked pair× 7
- Cage combinations× 55
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 30, 2026: the daily classic.