Daily Killer Sudoku October 2, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 2, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 3 | |||
| 16 | 9 | |||||||
| 16 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | ||||||||
| 8 | 13 | 25 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 149 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 67
- Hidden single× 13
- Naked pair× 7
- Hidden pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 60
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 2, 2026: the daily classic.