Daily Killer Sudoku October 1, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 1, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 11 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 9 | |||
| 19 | 7 | 16 | ||||||
| 146 | 19 | 16 | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 13 | 25 | |||||
| 10 | 12 | 1 | 16 | |||||
| 10 | 1 | 17 | 21 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 16 | ||||||
| 7 | 4 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 154 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 52
- Hidden single× 28
- Naked pair× 1
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 3
- 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 October 1, 2026: the daily classic.