Printable Logic Puzzles: 4x4 Hard, 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 Hard #1036 · 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. The akita is playing ping pong
  2. The cattle dog is left of the hockey game, is left of the trumpet music
  3. The donut stand is not next to the clarinet music
  4. The donut stand is not at an edge
  5. The akita and the guitar music are at symmetric positions around the center
  6. The akita likes eating hot dogs
  7. The hamburger stand is next to the ping pong game

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 Hard #748 · 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 hot dog stand is left of the clarinet player
  2. The trumpet music and the hot dog stand are at least 3 locations apart
  3. The ice cream stand is not at an edge
  4. The tennis game is at the beach or the lake
  5. The clarinet could not be heard at the tennis game
  6. The akita is left of the guitar music, is left of the baseball game

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 Hard #941 · 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 akita and the tennis game have one location between them
  2. The border collie is left of the tennis game, is left of the hot dog stand
  3. The golden retriever likes eating donuts
  4. The ping pong game and the ice cream stand are at symmetric positions around the center
  5. The akita and the clarinet music are not at the same location
  6. The guitar music is at the park or 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 4

4x4 Hard #560 · 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 border collie is left of the hamburger stand, is left of the guitar music
  2. The akita and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance
  3. The donut stand is at the beach or the lake
  4. The border collie and the baseball game have one location between them
  5. The akita is not at an edge
  6. The hockey game is at the beach or the lake
  7. The cattle dog and the trumpet music are at knight's move distance

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 Hard #2421 · 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 akita is not playing tennis
  2. The cattle dog and the trumpet music are diagonally adjacent
  3. The donut stand is not at the lake
  4. The border collie and the ping pong game have one location between them
  5. The akita plays the tuba
  6. One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream
  7. The clarinet music is not next to the hockey game

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 Hard #1562 · Difficulty 3/5 · 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 cattle dog is left of the hockey game, is left of the hot dog stand
  2. The dog playing tennis likes to eat hamburgers
  3. The guitar music and the akita are at most 1 locations apart
  4. The donut stand and the baseball game are at least 3 locations apart
  5. The golden retriever is having a walk at the lake
  6. The trumpet music is next to the golden retriever
  7. Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game

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 Hard #1292 · Difficulty 3/5 · 9 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 hot dog stand is equidistant from the hockey game and the clarinet music
  2. The donut stand is at the lake
  3. The hot dog stand is left of the guitar player
  4. The trumpet music is closer to the border collie than to the hamburger stand
  5. The ice cream stand and the cattle dog are at least 2 locations apart
  6. The clarinet music is next to the border collie
  7. The trumpet music is at the beach or the lake
  8. The baseball game is left of the trumpet player
  9. The hockey game is left of 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 8

4x4 Hard #762 · Difficulty 4/5 · 9 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 and the trumpet music are at least 3 locations apart
  2. The border collie is not next to the ice cream stand
  3. The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand
  4. The tennis game is next to the golden retriever
  5. The hockey game is next to the cattle dog
  6. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs
  7. One dog is playing trumpet and eating donuts
  8. Someone is playing guitar at the baseball game
  9. A clarinet could be heard next to the tennis game

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 Hard #760 · Difficulty 5/5 · 10 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 border collie doesn't like hot dog
  2. Someone is playing clarinet at the tennis game
  3. The ping pong game is equidistant from the donut stand and the golden retriever
  4. The akita plays the trumpet
  5. The akita is next to the baseball game
  6. The border collie is next to the ice cream stand
  7. The tuba music is next to the akita
  8. The border collie is playing hockey
  9. The hamburger stand and the baseball game are at most 1 locations apart
  10. The baseball game and the hamburger stand are not at the same location

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 Hard #1579 · 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 border collie is playing hockey
  2. The baseball game is at the park or the trail
  3. The guitar music is next to the golden retriever
  4. The tennis game and the clarinet music are at symmetric positions around the center
  5. One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
  6. The clarinet music is not at an edge
  7. The hot dog stand is equidistant from the trumpet music and the hockey game

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
DogsCattle DogAkitaGolden RetrieverBorder Collie
InstrumentsClarinetTubaGuitarTrumpet
Junk FoodHamburgerHot DogDonutIce Cream
SportsTennis BallPing PongPuckBaseball

Puzzle 2

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsAkitaCattle DogBorder CollieGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTubaGuitarClarinetTrumpet
Junk FoodHot DogDonutIce CreamHamburger
SportsPing PongTennis BallPuckBaseball

Puzzle 3

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieCattle DogGolden RetrieverAkita
InstrumentsTrumpetClarinetGuitarTuba
Junk FoodIce CreamHamburgerDonutHot Dog
SportsBaseballTennis BallPuckPing Pong

Puzzle 4

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogBorder CollieAkitaGolden Retriever
InstrumentsClarinetTubaTrumpetGuitar
Junk FoodIce CreamDonutHamburgerHot Dog
SportsPing PongPuckTennis BallBaseball

Puzzle 5

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieCattle DogGolden RetrieverAkita
InstrumentsClarinetGuitarTrumpetTuba
Junk FoodHot DogIce CreamDonutHamburger
SportsTennis BallBaseballPing PongPuck

Puzzle 6

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogBorder CollieAkitaGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTubaClarinetTrumpetGuitar
Junk FoodDonutIce CreamHamburgerHot Dog
SportsPing PongPuckTennis BallBaseball

Puzzle 7

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogBorder CollieAkitaGolden Retriever
InstrumentsClarinetTubaGuitarTrumpet
Junk FoodHamburgerHot DogIce CreamDonut
SportsTennis BallBaseballPuckPing Pong

Puzzle 8

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieGolden RetrieverCattle DogAkita
InstrumentsTrumpetClarinetGuitarTuba
Junk FoodDonutHamburgerIce CreamHot Dog
SportsTennis BallPuckBaseballPing Pong

Puzzle 9

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieAkitaGolden RetrieverCattle Dog
InstrumentsTubaTrumpetGuitarClarinet
Junk FoodDonutIce CreamHot DogHamburger
SportsPuckPing PongBaseballTennis Ball

Puzzle 10

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogBorder CollieAkitaGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTubaClarinetGuitarTrumpet
Junk FoodHamburgerIce CreamHot DogDonut
SportsBaseballPuckTennis BallPing Pong

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