Daily Killer Sudoku August 31, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 31, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 20 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 26 | 9 | 11 | 21 | |||||
| 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |||||
| 17 | 15 | 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | |||||
| 5 | 17 | 18 | 16 | |||||
| 30 | 17 | 16 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | 4 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 152 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 56
- Hidden single× 22
- Naked pair× 3
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 1
- Cage combinations× 69
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 31, 2026: the daily classic.