Daily Killer Sudoku (SudokuWiki)

About Daily Killer Sudoku (SudokuWiki)

SudokuWiki.org is Andrew Stuart's site about sudoku solving strategies and solvers, and the Daily Killer Sudoku is one of its long-running daily puzzles, past number 6,700 by October 2026.

A killer sudoku has the normal sudoku rules, with 1 to 9 once in every row, column and 3x3 box, but few or no given digits. Instead the grid is divided into cages outlined with dotted lines, each with a small number showing the sum of its cells, and no digit may repeat inside a cage. Solving relies on cage sum combinations as much as on sudoku logic.

The daily follows a weekly cycle: Monday and Tuesday are Gentle, Wednesday and Thursday Moderate, Friday Tough, and Saturday and Sunday Diabolical. The new puzzle appears at midnight GMT. The player supports notes, prefilling candidates, automatic clearing of notes, keyboard shortcuts, undo and redo, colour options and links to print or open the puzzle in the killer solver. All-Access supporters can play all four grades each day.

It suits sudoku players who enjoy arithmetic as well as logic, and the weekly difficulty curve lets newcomers start early in the week.

How to play Daily Killer Sudoku (SudokuWiki)

1. Open The Daily Killer Sudoku and press NEW to load today's puzzle.
2. Place 1 to 9 once in every row, column and 3x3 box.
3. Make each cage's digits add up to the number in its corner, without repeating a digit inside the cage.
4. Use notes or the prefill option to track candidates.
5. Finish the grid, or print it to solve on paper.

Tips

• Learn the unique sums: a two-cell cage of 3 must be 1 and 2, of 17 must be 8 and 9.
• Each row, column and box adds up to 45, so compare that with the cages inside it.
• Start the week on the Gentle puzzles and work up to the weekend.

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