Printable Logic Puzzles: 4x4 Hard, Pack 2

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 #1583 · 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 trumpet music is next to the golden retriever
  2. The clarinet player is left of the ice cream stand
  3. The donut stand and the ping pong game are at symmetric positions around the center
  4. The akita and the guitar music are at least 3 locations apart
  5. The baseball game is at the park or the trail
  6. A tuba could be heard next to the tennis game
  7. The border collie is next to the donut stand

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 #2151 · 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 border collie is playing baseball
  2. The donut stand is next to the hockey game
  3. One dog is playing clarinet and eating hot dogs
  4. One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
  5. The tennis game is left of the akita, is left of the clarinet music
  6. The golden retriever is next to 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 #1859 · Difficulty 1/5 · 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 clarinet music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent
  2. The donut stand is equidistant from the golden retriever and the clarinet music
  3. The baseball game is at the park or the trail
  4. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake
  5. The akita is not playing ping pong
  6. The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers
  7. The donut stand and the tennis game are not at the same location
  8. A guitar could be heard next to the ping pong game
  9. The akita and the trumpet music are at symmetric positions around the center

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 #1521 · 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 golden retriever is next to the hot dog stand
  2. The ping pong game is left of the guitar player
  3. A trumpet could be heard next to the tennis game
  4. The guitar music and the tennis game are at knight's move distance
  5. The akita is playing hockey
  6. The clarinet music is equidistant from the ice cream stand and the ping pong game
  7. The cattle dog is playing baseball

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 #791 · 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 tuba music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
  2. A trumpet could be heard next to the baseball game
  3. Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake
  4. The tennis game and the golden retriever have two locations between them
  5. The dog playing hockey likes to eat donuts
  6. The hockey game is next to the cattle dog
  7. The baseball game and the hot dog stand have one location between them
  8. Someone is playing clarinet at 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 6

4x4 Hard #2428 · Difficulty 3/5 · 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 cattle dog is next to the ping pong game
  2. The donut stand is left of the golden retriever
  3. One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream
  4. One dog is playing tuba and eating hot dogs
  5. The trumpet music and the tennis game are at knight's move distance
  6. The guitar music is equidistant from the baseball game and the akita

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 #2017 · Difficulty 3/5 · 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 akita and the guitar music are at most 1 locations apart
  2. The cattle dog is at the park or the trail
  3. The guitar music is next to the ice cream stand
  4. The baseball game is at the beach or the lake
  5. The donut stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game
  6. The tennis game and the hot dog stand are at symmetric positions around the center
  7. The cattle dog plays the guitar
  8. The border collie plays the tuba
  9. The ice cream stand is closer to the border collie than to the clarinet music
  10. The border collie is not at an edge

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 #1782 · 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 golden retriever and the hamburger stand are at least 2 locations apart
  2. The hot dog stand is at the lake
  3. The border collie is playing tennis
  4. The cattle dog is not at an edge
  5. The trumpet music is at the park or the trail
  6. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts
  7. The clarinet music is not next to the golden retriever
  8. The cattle dog is next to the hamburger stand
  9. Someone is playing tuba 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 9

4x4 Hard #2199 · Difficulty 5/5 · 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 ice cream stand is not next to the tennis game
  2. The golden retriever likes eating hot dogs
  3. The hot dog stand is at the Beach or the Lake
  4. The ping pong game and the tuba music have one location between them
  5. The trumpet music is at the beach or the lake
  6. The cattle dog and the tennis game have two locations between them
  7. The akita and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart
  8. The trumpet music is not next to the ping pong game
  9. The hockey game is left of the hamburger stand

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 #2351 · Difficulty 5/5 · 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 akita and the tuba music are diagonally adjacent
  2. The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers
  3. One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream
  4. The cattle dog and the baseball game have one location between them
  5. The guitar music is left of the akita, is left of the hamburger stand
  6. The hot dog stand is not at an edge
  7. The ping pong game is next to the hot dog stand
  8. One dog is playing clarinet and eating hamburgers
  9. The golden retriever and the tennis game have two locations between them

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
DogsAkitaCattle DogBorder CollieGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTubaClarinetTrumpetGuitar
Junk FoodHot DogHamburgerIce CreamDonut
SportsPing PongTennis BallBaseballPuck

Puzzle 2

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogAkitaGolden RetrieverBorder Collie
InstrumentsGuitarTubaClarinetTrumpet
Junk FoodDonutHamburgerHot DogIce Cream
SportsTennis BallPuckPing PongBaseball

Puzzle 3

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsGolden RetrieverBorder CollieCattle DogAkita
InstrumentsTrumpetTubaClarinetGuitar
Junk FoodHamburgerDonutIce CreamHot Dog
SportsBaseballPuckPing PongTennis Ball

Puzzle 4

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsGolden RetrieverBorder CollieCattle DogAkita
InstrumentsTrumpetClarinetGuitarTuba
Junk FoodDonutHot DogIce CreamHamburger
SportsPing PongTennis BallBaseballPuck

Puzzle 5

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsGolden RetrieverBorder CollieCattle DogAkita
InstrumentsClarinetTubaGuitarTrumpet
Junk FoodHot DogDonutIce CreamHamburger
SportsPing PongPuckBaseballTennis Ball

Puzzle 6

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsBorder CollieCattle DogAkitaGolden Retriever
InstrumentsTrumpetGuitarTubaClarinet
Junk FoodIce CreamDonutHot DogHamburger
SportsBaseballTennis BallPing PongPuck

Puzzle 7

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

Puzzle 8

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsGolden RetrieverCattle DogAkitaBorder Collie
InstrumentsTrumpetGuitarTubaClarinet
Junk FoodDonutIce CreamHamburgerHot Dog
SportsPing PongBaseballPuckTennis Ball

Puzzle 9

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogGolden RetrieverBorder CollieAkita
InstrumentsClarinetGuitarTubaTrumpet
Junk FoodIce CreamHot DogDonutHamburger
SportsPing PongBaseballPuckTennis Ball

Puzzle 10

ParkBeachTrailLake
DogsCattle DogAkitaBorder CollieGolden Retriever
InstrumentsGuitarTrumpetTubaClarinet
Junk FoodDonutIce CreamHot DogHamburger
SportsTennis BallPing PongBaseballPuck

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