Daily Killer Sudoku October 4, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 4, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 24 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 20 | 13 | |||||||
| 4 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 7 | ||||||
| 7 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 1 | 9 | 5 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 134 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 59
- Hidden single× 22
- Cage combinations× 53
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 4, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.