Printable Logic Puzzles: 4x4 Easy, Pack 1

10 logic grid puzzles, easiest first, with an answer key on the last page.

Each puzzle prints on its own page with the clues, an answer grid to fill in, and a scratch grid for crossing off possibilities. Difficulty runs from 1/5 to 5/5 within this pack. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone, no guessing.

To solve on screen instead, every puzzle is also in the Logic Dogs game. Teaching with these? See logic puzzles for the classroom.

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Puzzle 1

4x4 Easy #678 · Difficulty 1/5 · 5 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The akita is playing ping pong
  2. The dog playing tennis likes to eat donuts
  3. One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream
  4. The border collie likes eating ice cream
  5. The tuba music is next to the golden retriever

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 2

4x4 Easy #1882 · Difficulty 1/5 · 7 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. Clarinet could be heard next to the border collie
  2. The hamburger stand is next to the trumpet music
  3. The clarinet player is left of the ice cream stand
  4. The dog playing tennis likes to eat donuts
  5. The akita is having a walk at the lake
  6. The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail
  7. The baseball game is at the beach

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 3

4x4 Easy #1448 · Difficulty 1/5 · 6 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The golden retriever is playing ping pong
  2. The cattle dog plays the tuba
  3. The baseball game is next to the ice cream stand
  4. A guitar could be heard next to the ping pong game
  5. The hamburger stand is left of the hockey game
  6. The ping pong game is at the lake

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 4

4x4 Easy #357 · Difficulty 2/5 · 8 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. Someone is playing trumpet at the ping pong game
  2. The golden retriever is left of the guitar music
  3. The ping pong game is left of the tuba player
  4. The hamburger stand is at the trail
  5. The akita is having a walk at the trail
  6. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake
  7. The tennis game is at the park
  8. The border collie is having a walk at the park

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 5

4x4 Easy #1576 · Difficulty 2/5 · 7 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The hamburger stand is at the lake
  2. The donut stand is catty-corner to the hockey game
  3. The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream
  4. The cattle dog and the clarinet music are diagonally adjacent
  5. The golden retriever plays the clarinet
  6. The tennis game is at the park
  7. The baseball game is at the beach

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 6

4x4 Easy #79 · Difficulty 3/5 · 8 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The cattle dog is playing tennis
  2. The donut stand is at the trail
  3. The akita and the clarinet music are diagonally adjacent
  4. The golden retriever is having a walk at the lake
  5. The ping pong game is at the park
  6. The trumpet music and the hamburger stand are diagonally adjacent
  7. One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream
  8. The akita is having a walk at the park

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 7

4x4 Easy #1547 · Difficulty 3/5 · 8 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The ping pong game is at the lake
  2. The akita is playing ping pong
  3. One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream
  4. The tennis game is next to the ice cream stand
  5. The tuba music is next to the donut stand
  6. The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
  7. The clarinet player is left of the donut stand
  8. The cattle dog is having a walk at the trail

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 8

4x4 Easy #460 · Difficulty 4/5 · 6 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. A guitar could be heard next to the ping pong game
  2. The dog playing tennis likes to eat donuts
  3. The hockey game is next to the border collie
  4. One dog is playing clarinet and eating hot dogs
  5. The golden retriever is left of the guitar music
  6. The hockey game is at the park

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 9

4x4 Easy #2172 · Difficulty 4/5 · 6 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The baseball game is next to the ice cream stand
  2. The akita is playing tennis
  3. The golden retriever and the trumpet music are diagonally adjacent
  4. One dog is playing tuba and eating hot dogs
  5. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake
  6. The donut stand is at the park

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Puzzle 10

4x4 Easy #2210 · Difficulty 5/5 · 7 clues

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

  • Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
  • Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
  • Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
  • Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

Clues

  1. The baseball game is at the park
  2. Someone is playing clarinet at the tennis game
  3. The baseball game is left of the ice cream stand
  4. The golden retriever likes eating donuts
  5. The trumpet music is left of the akita
  6. The border collie plays the tuba
  7. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park

Scratch grid

Mark ✗ where an item can't go and ● where it must go.

ParkBeachTrailLake
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball

Your answer

Answer key

Puzzle 1

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsAkitaGolden RetrieverBorder CollieCattle Dog
InstrumentsTubaClarinetTrumpetGuitar
Junk FoodHot DogHamburgerIce CreamDonut
SportsPing PongPuckBaseballTennis Ball

Puzzle 2

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogBorder CollieGolden RetrieverAkita
InstrumentsGuitarTubaClarinetTrumpet
Junk FoodDonutHot DogHamburgerIce Cream
SportsTennis BallBaseballPuckPing Pong

Puzzle 3

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieCattle DogAkitaGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTrumpetTubaGuitarClarinet
Junk FoodDonutHamburgerIce CreamHot Dog
SportsTennis BallBaseballPuckPing Pong

Puzzle 4

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieGolden RetrieverAkitaCattle Dog
InstrumentsClarinetTrumpetTubaGuitar
Junk FoodHot DogDonutHamburgerIce Cream
SportsTennis BallPing PongPuckBaseball

Puzzle 5

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsAkitaBorder CollieCattle DogGolden Retriever
InstrumentsGuitarTrumpetTubaClarinet
Junk FoodHot DogIce CreamDonutHamburger
SportsTennis BallBaseballPing PongPuck

Puzzle 6

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsAkitaCattle DogBorder CollieGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTrumpetClarinetTubaGuitar
Junk FoodIce CreamHamburgerDonutHot Dog
SportsPing PongTennis BallPuckBaseball

Puzzle 7

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsGolden RetrieverBorder CollieCattle DogAkita
InstrumentsClarinetTubaGuitarTrumpet
Junk FoodHamburgerHot DogDonutIce Cream
SportsPuckBaseballTennis BallPing Pong

Puzzle 8

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsAkitaBorder CollieGolden RetrieverCattle Dog
InstrumentsTubaTrumpetClarinetGuitar
Junk FoodHamburgerIce CreamHot DogDonut
SportsPuckBaseballPing PongTennis Ball

Puzzle 9

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsGolden RetrieverAkitaBorder CollieCattle Dog
InstrumentsGuitarTrumpetTubaClarinet
Junk FoodDonutHamburgerHot DogIce Cream
SportsPuckTennis BallBaseballPing Pong

Puzzle 10

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieCattle DogGolden RetrieverAkita
InstrumentsTubaClarinetTrumpetGuitar
Junk FoodHot DogHamburgerDonutIce Cream
SportsBaseballTennis BallPing PongPuck

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