Daily Killer Sudoku October 22, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on October 22, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 20 | 7 | 23 | 14 | |||||
| 11 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | 8 | |||||||
| 11 | 15 | 16 | 4 | |||||
| 10 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| 16 | 12 | 4 | 18 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 19 | ||||||
| 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 149 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 65
- Hidden single× 15
- Naked pair× 3
- Hidden pair× 1
- Pointing pair× 2
- Cage combinations× 63
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 22, 2026: the daily classic.