Daily Killer Sudoku September 3, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on September 3, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 9 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | 15 | 138 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 15 | |||||||
| 8 | 22 | |||||||
| 24 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | 11 | 6 | ||||||
| 15 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 157 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 61
- Hidden single× 18
- Naked pair× 4
- Cage combinations× 74
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 September 3, 2026: the daily classic.