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Daily Logic Puzzles: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from May 6, 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 49 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.

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4x4 Easy: Puzzle #2078

8 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 13 solving steps.

●●●○○ Difficulty 3/5: harder than 51% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, Next to, Left of, Different locations, At a location.

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The setup

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	Guitar			Tuba
Junk Food	Hot Dog
Sports

Clues

1. The dog playing baseball likes to eat hot dogs
2. The clarinet music is next to the hamburger stand
3. The akita is left of the ping pong game
4. The akita is playing tennis
5. The golden retriever doesn't like donut
6. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach
7. The donut stand is at the lake
8. The border collie is having a walk at the beach

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1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Park, Tuba at the Lake, Hot Dog at the Park.
2. Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
3. Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Trail.
4. Clue 7: “The donut stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
5. Clue 8: “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.
6. Clue 1: “The dog playing baseball likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
7. Clue 2: “The clarinet music is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
8. Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Beach.
9. Clue 3: “The akita is left of the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Lake.
10. Clue 4: “The akita is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
11. Clue 3: “The akita is left of the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
12. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach.
13. Clue 5: “The golden retriever doesn't like donut” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Golden Retriever	Border Collie	Akita	Cattle Dog
Instruments	Guitar	Clarinet	Trumpet	Tuba
Junk Food	Hot Dog	Ice Cream	Hamburger	Donut
Sports	Baseball	Puck	Tennis Ball	Ping Pong

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2078

8 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 19 solving steps.

●●●●● Difficulty 5/5: harder than 80% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, At least N apart, Different locations, Left of, Two locations between, Odd location.

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The setup

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
Junk Food
Sports		Baseball

Clues

1. The golden retriever plays the trumpet
2. The donut stand and the tennis game are at least 2 locations apart
3. The akita is playing hockey
4. The golden retriever doesn't like hamburger
5. The akita plays the guitar
6. The hamburger stand is left of the border collie
7. The ping pong game and the ice cream stand have two locations between them
8. The clarinet music is at the park or the trail

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Lake, Baseball at the Beach.
2. Clue 8: “The clarinet music is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach or Lake.
3. Clue 1: “The golden retriever plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Lake.
4. Clue 3: “The akita is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
5. Clue 2: “The donut stand and the tennis game are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach.
6. Clue 5: “The akita plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
7. Clue 6: “The hamburger stand is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Trail or Lake; Border Collie can't be at the Park.
8. Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports; Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
9. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
10. Clue 2: “The donut stand and the tennis game are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
11. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
12. Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
13. Clue 4: “The golden retriever doesn't like hamburger” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach.
14. Clue 1: “The golden retriever plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Beach.
15. The Beach still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Tuba goes at the Beach.
16. Clue 6: “The hamburger stand is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
17. Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
18. Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach.
19. Clue 1: “The golden retriever plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Golden Retriever	Cattle Dog	Border Collie	Akita
Instruments	Trumpet	Tuba	Clarinet	Guitar
Junk Food	Donut	Hamburger	Hot Dog	Ice Cream
Sports	Ping Pong	Baseball	Tennis Ball	Puck

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2078

21 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 35 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 92% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far left, Same location, Next to, Left of, At a location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever, Lab Mix, Sheltie
• Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Cosmo, Dahlia, Iris, Poppy, Zinnia
• Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, French Fries, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pizza
• Sports: Baseball, Football, Ping Pong, Puck, Soccer Ball, Tennis Ball
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Garlic, Pepper, Turnip

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Lab Mix			Cattle Dog
Flowers
Instruments
Junk Food		Donut
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

1. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
2. The carrot patch and the donut stand are at the same location
3. The sheltie likes to eat carrot
4. A tuba could be heard next to the soccer game
5. The cosmo garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location
6. The garlic patch and the soccer game are at the same location
7. Poppies are growing next to the french fries
8. The saxophone player is left of the hockey game
9. The baseball game is left of the turnip patch
10. The cabbage patch is left of the baseball game
11. The zinnia garden is next to the baseball game
12. Someone is playing clarinet at the soccer game
13. The border collie plays the piano
14. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream
15. The golden retriever likes to eat pepper
16. The hamburger stand is at the trail
17. The football game is at the beach
18. Dahlias are growing at the snow
19. The broccoli patch is at the park
20. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail
21. Chrysanthemums are growing at the farm

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Cattle Dog at the Lake, Donut at the Beach, Lab Mix at the Park.
2. Clue 1: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
3. Clue 16: “The hamburger stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
4. Clue 17: “The football game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
5. Clue 18: “Dahlias are growing at the snow” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
6. Clue 19: “The broccoli patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
7. Clue 20: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
8. Clue 21: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
9. Clue 2: “The carrot patch and the donut stand 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.
10. Clue 3: “The sheltie likes to eat carrot” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
11. Clue 4: “A tuba could be heard next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
12. Clue 5: “The cosmo garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach or Trail; Hot Dog can't be at the Snow or Farm.
13. Clue 6: “The garlic patch and the soccer game 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.
14. Clue 7: “Poppies are growing next to the french fries” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park; French Fries can't be at the Farm.
15. Clue 8: “The saxophone player is left of the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm; Puck can't be at the Park.
16. Clue 9: “The baseball game is left of the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Farm.
17. Clue 10: “The cabbage patch is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables; Baseball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
18. Clue 9: “The baseball game is left of the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
19. Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Snow.
20. Clue 11: “The zinnia garden is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
21. Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
22. Clue 5: “The cosmo garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
23. Clue 7: “Poppies are growing next to the french fries” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers; French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
24. Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Beach.
25. Clue 12: “Someone is playing clarinet at the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
26. Clue 13: “The border collie plays the piano” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail; Piano can't be at the Beach.
27. Clue 14: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports; Ice Cream must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
28. Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Snow.
29. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
30. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
31. Clue 8: “The saxophone player is left of the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
32. Clue 15: “The golden retriever likes to eat pepper” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
33. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
34. Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Trail.
35. Clue 13: “The border collie plays the piano” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.

Show the final answer

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Lab Mix	Sheltie	Akita	Cattle Dog	Golden Retriever	Border Collie
Flowers	Cosmo	Iris	Poppy	Zinnia	Dahlia	Chrysanthemum
Instruments	Guitar	Saxophone	Tuba	Clarinet	Flute	Piano
Junk Food	Hot Dog	Donut	Hamburger	French Fries	Pizza	Ice Cream
Sports	Tennis Ball	Football	Puck	Soccer Ball	Baseball	Ping Pong
Vegetables	Broccoli	Carrot	Cabbage	Garlic	Pepper	Turnip

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2078

23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 49 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 78% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Knight's move, At the far right, In order, left to right, At least N apart, Different locations, Next to, Equidistant, Farther from, Same location, In a middle location, One of two locations, Even location, Between, Symmetric around the center.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever, Lab Mix, Sheltie
• Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Cosmo, Dahlia, Iris, Poppy, Zinnia
• Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, French Fries, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pizza
• Sports: Baseball, Football, Ping Pong, Puck, Soccer Ball, Tennis Ball
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Garlic, Pepper, Turnip

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs				Akita
Flowers
Instruments
Junk Food						Pizza
Sports					Tennis Ball
Vegetables

Clues

1. The border collie and the guitar music are at knight's move distance
2. Irises are growing at the farm
3. The hockey game is left of the piano music, is left of the iris garden
4. The cattle dog and the zinnia garden are at least 3 locations apart
5. The poppy garden and the akita are not at the same location
6. The saxophone music is next to the zinnia garden
7. The ping pong game is equidistant from the cattle dog and the french fries stand
8. The border collie is next to the ice cream stand
9. The sheltie is farther from the ice cream stand than from the garlic patch
10. Flute music is coming from the poppy garden
11. The golden retriever likes to eat turnip
12. The guitar music is not at an edge
13. The carrot patch is at the farm
14. The saxophone music is coming from the trail or the snow
15. The broccoli patch and the tuba music are at the same location
16. The hot dog stand and the poppy garden are at knight's move distance
17. The baseball game and the turnip patch are at the same location
18. The hot dog stand is next to the ping pong game
19. The cabbage patch is next to the chrysanthemum garden
20. The poppy garden is at the beach, lake, or farm
21. The lab mix is next to the hamburger stand
22. The dahlia garden is between the ping pong game and the piano music
23. The clarinet music and the soccer game are at symmetric positions around the center

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Lake, Pizza at the Farm, Tennis Ball at the Snow.
2. Clue 2: “Irises are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
3. Clue 12: “The guitar music is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Farm.
4. Clue 13: “The carrot patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
5. Clue 14: “The saxophone music is coming from the trail or the snow” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park, Beach, Lake, or Farm.
6. Clue 20: “The poppy garden is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
7. Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the zinnia garden are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail.
8. Clue 5: “The poppy garden and the akita are not 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.
9. Clue 6: “The saxophone music is next to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
10. Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the zinnia garden are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
11. Clue 10: “Flute music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
12. Clue 11: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Farm; Turnip can't be at the Park or Lake.
13. Clue 15: “The broccoli patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach; Tuba can't be at the Farm.
14. Clue 16: “The hot dog stand and the poppy garden are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
15. Clue 17: “The baseball game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park, Lake, or Farm; Turnip can't be at the Snow.
16. Clue 11: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow.
17. Clue 18: “The hot dog stand is next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park, Trail, or Farm.
18. Clue 19: “The cabbage patch is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
19. Clue 3: “The hockey game is left of the piano music, is left of the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Farm; Piano can't be at the Park or Farm.
20. The Farm still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Clarinet goes at the Farm.
21. The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Tuba goes at the Park.
22. Clue 15: “The broccoli patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
23. Clue 23: “The clarinet music and the soccer game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
24. The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Football goes at the Farm.
25. Clue 7: “The ping pong game is equidistant from the cattle dog and the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
26. Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
27. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
28. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Lake.
29. Clue 8: “The border collie is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
30. Clue 1: “The border collie and the guitar music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail.
31. Clue 17: “The baseball game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
32. Clue 11: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
33. Clue 8: “The border collie is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
34. Clue 21: “The lab mix is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach; Lab Mix can't be at the Beach.
35. The Beach still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Sheltie goes at the Beach.
36. The Beach still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Donut goes at the Beach.
37. Clue 3: “The hockey game is left of the piano music, is left of the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
38. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Lake.
39. Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Trail.
40. Clue 1: “The border collie and the guitar music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
41. Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Farm.
42. Clue 8: “The border collie is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
43. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Snow.
44. Clue 9: “The sheltie is farther from the ice cream stand than from the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
45. Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
46. Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Snow.
47. Clue 19: “The cabbage patch is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
48. Clue 22: “The dahlia garden is between the ping pong game and the piano music” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
49. Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.

Show the final answer

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Cattle Dog	Sheltie	Golden Retriever	Akita	Border Collie	Lab Mix
Flowers	Cosmo	Poppy	Dahlia	Zinnia	Chrysanthemum	Iris
Instruments	Tuba	Flute	Saxophone	Guitar	Piano	Clarinet
Junk Food	Hot Dog	Donut	French Fries	Ice Cream	Hamburger	Pizza
Sports	Soccer Ball	Ping Pong	Baseball	Puck	Tennis Ball	Football
Vegetables	Broccoli	Garlic	Turnip	Cabbage	Pepper	Carrot

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