Daily Killer Sudoku October 19, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 19, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 5 | 11 | 208 | 1 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 28 | 10 | |||||||
| 12 | 11 | 15 | ||||||
| 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 18 | |||||||
| 17 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| 7 | 15 | 18 | ||||||
| 9 | 8 | 13 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 132 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 50
- Hidden single× 30
- Cage combinations× 52
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 19, 2026: the daily classic.