The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from February 24, with every clue written out, a step-by-step walkthrough, and the final answer.
Each puzzle is a row of locations (Park, Beach, Trail, and so on). Every location holds exactly one item from each category, and the clues tell you how the items relate. Try a puzzle in the game first and open the walkthrough if you get stuck; solutions stay hidden until you click. The longest walkthrough on this date is the 6x6 Hard puzzle, at 55 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.
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
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Clues
The cattle dog likes eating ice cream
The border collie plays the tuba
The golden retriever plays the guitar
The donut stand is left of the tuba player
The hamburger stand is next to the tuba music
The ping pong game is at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Baseball at the Lake, Akita at the Trail, Tennis Ball at the Trail, Clarinet at the Park.
Clue 6: “The ping pong game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The border collie plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park; Tuba can't be at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail; Golden Retriever can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Park.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Trumpet goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The donut stand is left of the tuba player” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake; Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The border collie plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is next to the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #813
9 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 21 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 94% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
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
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Puck
Clues
The golden retriever is next to the hockey game
Clarinet could be heard next to the cattle dog
The ping pong game is left of the cattle dog, is left of the clarinet music
One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream
The cattle dog doesn't like hot dog
The akita plays the tuba
The baseball game and the donut stand have one location between them
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake
The trumpet music is next to the hamburger stand
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Beach.
Clue 8: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 2: “Clarinet could be heard next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The cattle dog doesn't like hot dog” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The akita plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The baseball game and the donut stand have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake.
Clue 9: “The trumpet music is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 3: “The ping pong game is left of the cattle dog, is left of the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 7: “The baseball game and the donut stand have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Ice Cream goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Park.
Clue 9: “The trumpet music is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The baseball game and the donut stand have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Akita
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Instruments
Trumpet
Tuba
Guitar
Clarinet
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Baseball
Tennis Ball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #813
22 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 37 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 81% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The dahlia garden and the pepper patch are at the same location
The broccoli patch and the flute music are at the same location
The akita is playing soccer
The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers
The iris garden and the baseball game are at the same location
Someone is playing tuba at the football game
The french fries stand is left of the clarinet player
The baseball game is next to the cosmo garden
Dahlias are growing next to the pizza
The lab mix is playing hockey
The border collie and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent
The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game
The sheltie is next to the tennis game
The piano music and the carrot patch are at the same location
The cattle dog is having a walk at the snow
The french fries stand is at the lake
Irises are growing at the park
Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the lake
The ice cream stand is at the park
Chrysanthemums are growing at the lake
Zinnias are growing at the farm
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Garlic at the Lake, Turnip at the Park, Dahlia at the Trail, Golden Retriever at the Trail.
Clue 1: “Someone heard a dog playing flute at the farm” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 16: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the snow” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 17: “The french fries stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 18: “Irises are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 19: “Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the lake” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 20: “The ice cream stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 21: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the lake” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 22: “Zinnias are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “The dahlia garden and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 3: “The broccoli patch and the flute music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 4: “The akita is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 5: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 6: “The iris garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The akita is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “Someone is playing tuba at the football game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park; Football can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 8: “The french fries stand is left of the clarinet player” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “Someone is playing tuba at the football game” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The baseball game is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Snow.
Clue 10: “Dahlias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 11: “The lab mix is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports; Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 12: “The border collie and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The sheltie is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 15: “The piano music and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Carrot must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Snow.
Clue 7: “Someone is playing tuba at the football game” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 14: “The sheltie is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The akita is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Border Collie
Akita
Golden Retriever
Sheltie
Cattle Dog
Lab Mix
Flowers
Iris
Cosmo
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Zinnia
Instruments
Guitar
Piano
Tuba
Saxophone
Clarinet
Flute
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Pizza
Donut
French Fries
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Baseball
Soccer Ball
Football
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
Vegetables
Turnip
Carrot
Pepper
Garlic
Cabbage
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #813
26 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 55 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: harder than 49% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The lab mix and the piano music are not at the same location
The clarinet was not being played at the hamburger stand
The hamburger stand is at the beach, lake, or farm
The baseball game is next to the hamburger stand
The pepper patch and the hot dog stand are at least 3 locations apart
The clarinet music was not heard at the farm
The hockey game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The turnip patch and the iris garden are at the same location
The guitar music and the baseball game have two locations between them
The football game is left of the cosmo garden
Saxophone could be heard next to the border collie
The golden retriever is playing ping pong
The broccoli patch is between the poppy garden and the french fries stand
The soccer game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent
The tennis game is equidistant from the cabbage patch and the dahlia garden
The cabbage patch is not at an edge
The pepper patch is at the Beach or the Trail
The ping pong game is at the park, trail, or snow
The dahlia garden and the football game are at least 3 locations apart
The cattle dog doesn't like donut
The football game and the tuba music have two locations between them
The sheltie and the poppy garden have two locations between them
The cattle dog is having a walk at the park
The pizza stand is next to the tennis game
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Flute at the Park, Garlic at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The french fries stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 2: “The iris garden is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 8: “The clarinet music was not heard at the farm” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The cabbage patch is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 19: “The pepper patch is at the Beach or the Trail” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Park, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 20: “The ping pong game is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 25: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 7: “The pepper patch and the hot dog stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables; Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 10: “The turnip patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The guitar music and the baseball game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 12: “The football game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Farm; Cosmo can't be at the Park.
Clue 14: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm; Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 21: “The dahlia garden and the football game are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 22: “The cattle dog doesn't like donut” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Park.
Clue 23: “The football game and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Lake; Tuba can't be at the Trail.
Clue 24: “The sheltie and the poppy garden have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Lake.
Clue 26: “The pizza stand is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The broccoli patch is between the poppy garden and the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow or Farm; Broccoli can't be at the Park or Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Carrot goes at the Farm.
The Park still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Turnip goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “The turnip patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 9: “The hockey game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The clarinet was not being played at the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The hockey game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 11: “The guitar music and the baseball game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 12: “The football game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “Saxophone could be heard next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Beach.
Clue 21: “The dahlia garden and the football game are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 23: “The football game and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The lab mix and the piano music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “Saxophone could be heard next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 24: “The sheltie and the poppy garden have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs; Poppy must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Beach.
Clue 26: “The pizza stand is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
Clue 15: “The broccoli patch is between the poppy garden and the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.