Daily Killer Sudoku September 4, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on September 4, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 9 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 15 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 11 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 9 | 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 142 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 50
- Hidden single× 30
- Cage combinations× 62
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 4, 2026: the daily classic.