The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from May 10, 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 61 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
Instruments
Trumpet
Guitar
Junk Food
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Clues
Someone is playing tuba at the hockey game
The tennis game is next to the golden retriever
The cattle dog is having a walk at the lake
The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the hockey game
The akita is having a walk at the trail
The baseball game is at the beach
The guitar music is next to the hamburger stand
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Lake, Guitar at the Beach, Trumpet at the Park, Donut at the Park.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The akita is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing tuba at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park.
Clue 2: “The tennis game is next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Lake; Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park.
Clue 7: “The guitar 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.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck 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 Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing tuba at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Trumpet
Guitar
Tuba
Clarinet
Junk Food
Donut
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #151
8 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 18 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 69% 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
Border Collie
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The golden retriever is not next to the ping pong game
Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game
The akita is playing tennis
One dog is playing trumpet and eating hamburgers
A guitar could be heard next to the baseball game
The border collie likes eating hot dogs
The hockey game and the cattle dog have one location between them
The ping pong game and the donut stand are not at the same location
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Border Collie at the Lake, Cattle Dog at the Park.
Clue 3: “The akita is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 6: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The hockey game and the cattle dog have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Puck 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 Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 2: “Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 3: “The akita is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is not next to the ping pong game” 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. Baseball goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “A guitar could be heard next to the baseball game” 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 Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 8: “The ping pong game and the donut stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Akita
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #151
22 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 49 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 85% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The pepper patch and the baseball game are at the same location
The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are at the same location
The lab mix is playing ping pong
The cabbage patch is at the park
The poppy garden and the akita are at the same location
The akita is next to the zinnia garden
The border collie likes eating hot dogs
The piano music could be heard next to the carrot patch
The akita is having a walk at the park
One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries
Piano music is coming from the cosmo garden
Flute could be heard next to the cattle dog
The guitar music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
The soccer game is at the snow
The iris garden is left of the garlic patch
The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game
One dog is playing piano and eating donuts
The piano player is left of the baseball game
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Beach, Clarinet at the Beach, Sheltie at the Snow.
Clue 1: “The pizza stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “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 8: “The cabbage patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 13: “The akita is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 18: “The soccer game is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Snow.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is left of the saxophone player” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Farm; Saxophone can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The pepper patch and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park; Lab Mix can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 9: “The poppy garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 10: “The akita is next to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
The Lake still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
Clue 11: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach; Tuba can't be at the Park.
Clue 15: “Piano music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “Flute could be heard next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park, Lake, or Farm.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Guitar goes at the Park.
Clue 17: “The guitar music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is left of the saxophone player” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The iris garden is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm; Garlic can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 20: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Trail or Farm; Tennis Ball can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Puck goes at the Park.
Clue 21: “One dog is playing piano and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “Piano music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Dahlia goes at the Farm.
Clue 22: “The piano player is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 12: “The piano music could be heard next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 15: “Piano music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 21: “One dog is playing piano and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong 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 Farm.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The iris garden is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Akita
Golden Retriever
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Sheltie
Border Collie
Flowers
Poppy
Zinnia
Cosmo
Iris
Chrysanthemum
Dahlia
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Piano
Tuba
Flute
Saxophone
Junk Food
Pizza
Ice Cream
Donut
French Fries
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Football
Ping Pong
Baseball
Soccer Ball
Tennis Ball
Vegetables
Cabbage
Carrot
Turnip
Pepper
Garlic
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #151
24 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 61 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 80% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The golden retriever is left of the garlic patch, is left of the tuba music
The akita and the chrysanthemum garden are at knight's move distance
The chrysanthemum garden and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center
The border collie and the football game are at symmetric positions around the center
The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location
The saxophone music is between the cattle dog and the hamburger stand
The dahlia garden is not at an edge
The cosmo garden is next to the baseball game
The golden retriever is playing football
The zinnia garden is at the park, trail, or snow
The hockey game is at the farm
The iris garden and the sheltie are at the same location
The saxophone music could be heard next to the turnip patch
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park
The cabbage patch is at the park, trail, or snow
The poppy garden and the turnip patch are at the same location
Cosmos are growing next to the ice cream
The soccer game and the carrot patch are at the same location
The guitar music is equidistant from the hockey game and the donut stand
The garlic patch and the iris garden are not at the same location
The broccoli patch is not at the farm
The piano music and the cattle dog are at least 4 locations apart
The baseball game is equidistant from the french fries stand and the akita
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Lab Mix at the Farm, Hamburger at the Snow.
Clue 8: “The dahlia garden is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 12: “The hockey game is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 15: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 16: “The cabbage patch is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 22: “The broccoli patch is not at the farm” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The chrysanthemum garden and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The border collie and the football game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park; Football can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Snow.
Clue 10: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park.
Clue 13: “The iris garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The saxophone music could be heard next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The poppy garden and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “Cosmos are growing next to the ice cream” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The soccer game and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 23: “The piano music and the cattle dog are at least 4 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Lake; Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is left of the garlic patch, is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow; Garlic can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm; Tuba can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 10: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 5: “The border collie and the football game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The saxophone music is between the cattle dog and the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The saxophone music could be heard next to the turnip patch” 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 6: “The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The poppy garden and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Farm.
Clue 3: “The akita and the chrysanthemum garden are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The sheltie is next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The chrysanthemum garden and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The border collie and the football game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Football must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The sheltie is 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.
Clue 5: “The border collie and the football game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The cosmo garden is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 13: “The iris garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 17: “The poppy garden and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The saxophone music could be heard next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Lake.
Clue 18: “Cosmos are growing next to the ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 19: “The soccer game and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Lake.
Clue 17: “The poppy garden and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Lake.
Clue 21: “The garlic patch and the iris garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is left of the garlic patch, is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 20: “The guitar music is equidistant from the hockey game and the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Donut 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 Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The saxophone music could be heard next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The poppy garden and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 24: “The baseball game is equidistant from the french fries stand and the akita” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food; Baseball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The cosmo garden is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.