The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from February 27, 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 66 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
Border Collie
Instruments
Trumpet
Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports
Puck
Clues
The baseball game is at the park
The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers
The hamburger stand is next to the tennis game
The hockey game is next to the cattle dog
The akita plays the tuba
The ice cream stand is at the park
The donut stand is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Trumpet at the Park, Puck at the Beach, Border Collie at the Park, Clarinet at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The baseball game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 6: “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 7: “The donut stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 2: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” 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. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The hamburger stand is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The hockey game is 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.
Clue 5: “The akita plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Akita
Instruments
Trumpet
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Baseball
Puck
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #816
7 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 16 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: easier than 43% 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
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The baseball game is not next to the trumpet music
The hot dog stand and the tuba music are at symmetric positions around the center
The ice cream stand and the akita have two locations between them
The ping pong game is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the trumpet music
The trumpet music is left of the donut stand, is left of the border collie
The border collie is playing hockey
A clarinet could be heard next to the baseball game
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Cattle Dog at the Beach, Clarinet at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The hot dog stand and the tuba music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The ice cream stand and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach or Trail; Akita can't be at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The border collie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “A clarinet could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The baseball game is not next to the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The border collie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The ping pong game is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Trumpet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The hot dog stand and the tuba music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The trumpet music is left of the donut stand, is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “The ice cream stand and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 6: “The border collie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Instruments
Trumpet
Tuba
Guitar
Clarinet
Junk Food
Hamburger
Donut
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Baseball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #816
21 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 40 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 62% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The cabbage patch and the piano music are at the same location
The broccoli patch and the football game are at the same location
The cattle dog likes eating french fries
The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The hot dog stand is next to the tuba music
The dog playing football likes to eat ice cream
The golden retriever likes to eat broccoli
The dog playing soccer likes to eat donuts
The akita and the cosmo garden are at the same location
The cattle dog and the iris garden are diagonally adjacent
The guitar music is next to the dahlia garden
The border collie doesn't like pizza
The pepper patch and the tuba music are at the same location
The clarinet music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent
The garlic patch is at the trail
The baseball game is at the lake
The border collie is having a walk at the beach
The french fries stand is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Flute at the Lake, Zinnia at the Snow, Turnip at the Park.
Clue 1: “The sheltie is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “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.
Clue 18: “The garlic patch is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 19: “The baseball game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 20: “The border collie is having a walk at the beach” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 21: “The french fries stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The turnip patch is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The cabbage patch and the piano music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Lake; Piano can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 5: “The broccoli patch and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach or Lake; Football can't be at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Snow; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The dog playing football likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park, Beach, or Lake.
Clue 10: “The golden retriever likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Broccoli must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 4: “The cabbage patch and the piano music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Snow.
Clue 5: “The broccoli patch and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 9: “The dog playing football likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 8: “The hot dog stand is next to the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food; Soccer Ball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm.
Clue 12: “The akita and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Farm.
Clue 13: “The cattle dog and the iris garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park, Trail, or Farm.
Clue 14: “The guitar music is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The border collie doesn't like pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The pepper patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables; Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Lake.
Clue 8: “The hot dog stand is next to the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 12: “The akita and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Lake.
Clue 14: “The guitar music is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Dahlia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The clarinet music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Lab Mix
Golden Retriever
Sheltie
Flowers
Cosmo
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Iris
Zinnia
Dahlia
Instruments
Saxophone
Tuba
Clarinet
Flute
Guitar
Piano
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
French Fries
Pizza
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Football
Soccer Ball
Vegetables
Turnip
Pepper
Garlic
Carrot
Broccoli
Cabbage
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #816
24 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 66 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 92% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The soccer game and the garlic patch are at the same location
The akita is having a walk at the farm
The tennis game is at the Park or the Snow
The cabbage patch is not at an edge
The hockey game is equidistant from the hamburger stand and the piano music
The turnip patch is next to the hamburger stand
The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have one location between them
The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location
The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location
The french fries stand and the pepper patch are at the same location
The broccoli patch and the clarinet music have two locations between them
The garlic patch is not at an edge
The chrysanthemum garden is next to the akita
The guitar music and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center
The dahlia garden and the baseball game are at the same location
The golden retriever plays the tuba
The carrot patch is farther from the soccer game than from the border collie
The clarinet music is next to the cattle dog
The donut stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at least 3 locations apart
The lab mix is left of the cosmo garden, is left of the hockey game
The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location
The akita is next to the pizza stand
The turnip patch is equidistant from the saxophone music and the border collie
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Golden Retriever at the Beach, Broccoli at the Park.
Clue 3: “The akita is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The tennis game is at the Park or the Snow” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach, Trail, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 5: “The cabbage patch is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Farm.
Clue 13: “The garlic patch is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Farm.
Clue 2: “The soccer game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 10: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The broccoli patch and the clarinet music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 10: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Lake.
Clue 14: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 9: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Snow.
Clue 15: “The guitar music and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Beach or Farm; Zinnia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
Clue 11: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The dahlia garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Lake; Baseball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The golden retriever plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The soccer game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The turnip patch is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The guitar music and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Snow.
Clue 16: “The dahlia garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The clarinet music is next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 20: “The donut stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Trail, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 22: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 23: “The akita is next to the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The turnip patch is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Pepper goes at the Farm.
Clue 8: “The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake.
Clue 11: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 9: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 15: “The guitar music and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The dahlia garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers; Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The soccer game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Trail.
Clue 22: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The hockey game is equidistant from the hamburger stand and the piano music” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Ping Pong goes at the Farm.
The Beach still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Football goes at the Beach.
The Park still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
Clue 22: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 18: “The carrot patch is farther from the soccer game than from the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Snow.
Clue 21: “The lab mix is left of the cosmo garden, is left of the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Lake or Snow; Cosmo must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers; Puck must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The soccer game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 7: “The turnip patch is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Trail.
Clue 8: “The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The hockey game is equidistant from the hamburger stand and the piano music” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The carrot patch is farther from the soccer game than from the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Sheltie goes at the Lake.
The Snow still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Snow.
Clue 24: “The turnip patch is equidistant from the saxophone music and the border collie” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables; Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Snow.
Clue 8: “The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park 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.