Daily Killer Sudoku October 6, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 6, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 20 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 10 | 263 | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 10 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 19 | |||||||
| 1 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 148 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 58
- Hidden single× 22
- Naked pair× 2
- Pointing pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 64
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 6, 2026: the daily classic.