The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from May 12, 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
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Sports
Tennis Ball
Clues
The hamburger stand is at the trail
The donut stand is at the park
The hockey game is at the trail
The golden retriever is not playing tennis
The border collie is having a walk at the lake
The ping pong game is left of the hot dog stand
The trumpet music and the hamburger stand are diagonally adjacent
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tennis Ball at the Park, Tuba at the Lake, Akita at the Beach, Guitar at the Park.
Clue 1: “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.
Clue 2: “The donut stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The hockey game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The border collie is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is not playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Park.
Clue 6: “The ping pong game is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The trumpet music and the hamburger stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Akita
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Instruments
Guitar
Trumpet
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Puck
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #153
9 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 20 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 89% 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
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The ice cream stand is not at an edge
The hamburger stand is not at the lake
The akita is next to the donut stand
The guitar could not be heard at the ping pong game
The golden retriever is next to the baseball game
A clarinet could be heard next to the baseball game
The akita likes eating hot dogs
The guitar music is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the baseball game
The tuba music and the hockey game have two locations between them
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Cattle Dog at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The ice cream stand is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 2: “The hamburger stand is not at the lake” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The akita is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The akita likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “The akita is next to the donut stand” 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. Ice Cream goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 9: “The tuba music and the hockey game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach or Trail; Puck can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 8: “The guitar music is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The guitar could not be heard at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Beach.
Clue 6: “A clarinet could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The tuba music and the hockey game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #153
24 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 46 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 72% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The cattle dog and the chrysanthemum garden are diagonally adjacent
The hockey game is next to the cabbage patch
The hot dog stand is next to the tuba music
The lab mix doesn't like pepper
The sheltie is having a walk at the farm
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
Flute could be heard catty-corner from the cosmo garden
A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game
A tuba could be heard next to the baseball game
The pizza stand is next to the saxophone music
One dog is playing clarinet and eating french fries
Flute music is coming from the dahlia garden
The border collie is next to the french fries stand
The tennis game is at the park
The garlic patch and the poppy garden are at the same location
The golden retriever is having a walk at the snow
A guitar could be heard next to the football game
The ping pong game and the pepper patch are diagonally adjacent
The broccoli patch and the iris garden are at the same location
Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden
The ping pong game and the poppy garden are at the same location
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Carrot at the Park, Dahlia at the Beach, Hamburger at the Farm, Football at the Farm.
Clue 2: “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 3: “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 8: “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 9: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 17: “The tennis game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the snow” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The tennis game is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the chrysanthemum garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 7: “The lab mix doesn't like pepper” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “Flute music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 10: “Flute could be heard catty-corner from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 11: “A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The hockey game is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach.
Clue 18: “The garlic patch and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Beach; Poppy can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “A guitar could be heard next to the football game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Snow.
Clue 21: “The ping pong game and the pepper patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 18: “The garlic patch and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Lake.
Clue 22: “The broccoli patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach; Iris can't be at the Park or Lake.
The Beach still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Turnip goes at the Beach.
Clue 23: “Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand is next to the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 12: “A tuba could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The pizza stand is next to the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 14: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The border collie is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the chrysanthemum garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Cosmo goes at the Park.
Clue 24: “The ping pong game and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The garlic patch and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 5: “The hockey game is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 22: “The broccoli patch and the iris garden 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.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Snow.
Clue 5: “The hockey game is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Akita
Lab Mix
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Sheltie
Flowers
Cosmo
Dahlia
Poppy
Zinnia
Chrysanthemum
Iris
Instruments
Piano
Flute
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Saxophone
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
French Fries
Pizza
Hamburger
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Soccer Ball
Football
Vegetables
Carrot
Turnip
Garlic
Pepper
Cabbage
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #153
25 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 saxophone music is equidistant from the pepper patch and the tennis game
The turnip patch is at the park
A saxophone could be heard next to the hockey game
The ice cream stand is left of the chrysanthemum garden
The dahlia garden and the piano music are at knight's move distance
The piano music is left of the cattle dog
The soccer game is at the beach, lake, or farm
The cabbage patch is farther from the hockey game than from the guitar music
The hockey game is not next to the flute music
The hamburger stand and the poppy garden are at the same location
The iris garden and the golden retriever are at knight's move distance
The dahlia garden is next to the broccoli patch
The baseball game and the iris garden are at the same location
The hot dog stand and the broccoli patch are at the same location
Cosmos are growing next to the pizza
One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream
The lab mix is not next to the cabbage patch
The golden retriever is left of the clarinet music, is left of the cosmo garden
The border collie doesn't like hamburger
The donut stand is left of the sheltie, is left of the garlic patch
The lab mix is at the park, trail, or snow
The zinnia garden is between the ice cream stand and the tuba music
The tennis game is equidistant from the saxophone music and the iris garden
The ping pong game and the carrot patch have one location between them
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Hamburger at the Beach, French Fries at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The dahlia garden is at the Lake or the Trail” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park, Beach, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 3: “The turnip patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 8: “The soccer game is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 22: “The lab mix is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 5: “The ice cream stand is left of the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Farm; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The dahlia garden and the piano music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 7: “The piano music is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Farm; Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The hamburger stand and the poppy garden 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 13: “The dahlia garden is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The baseball game and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The hot dog stand and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park or Farm; Broccoli can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 13: “The dahlia garden is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The dahlia garden and the piano music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “A saxophone could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The piano music is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “The iris garden and the golden retriever are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 14: “The baseball game and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 16: “Cosmos are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park or Trail; Pizza can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 17: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 20: “The border collie doesn't like hamburger” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The saxophone music is equidistant from the pepper patch and the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever is left of the clarinet music, is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow; Clarinet can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 21: “The donut stand is left of the sheltie, is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Snow or Farm; Sheltie can't be at the Park or Farm; Garlic can't be at the Beach.
The Farm still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Pizza goes at the Farm.
Clue 16: “Cosmos are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 14: “The baseball game and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever is left of the clarinet music, is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Lake; Clarinet can't be at the Snow.
Clue 12: “The iris garden and the golden retriever are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The baseball game and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 23: “The zinnia garden is between the ice cream stand and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Trail; Zinnia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers; Tuba can't be at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Farm.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Park.
Clue 12: “The iris garden and the golden retriever are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 14: “The baseball game and the iris garden 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 17: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever is left of the clarinet music, is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “A saxophone could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 2: “The saxophone music is equidistant from the pepper patch and the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Trail or Snow; Tennis Ball can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 24: “The tennis game is equidistant from the saxophone music and the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 4: “A saxophone could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 10: “The hockey game is not next to the flute music” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Snow.
Clue 25: “The ping pong game and the carrot patch have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 2: “The saxophone music is equidistant from the pepper patch and the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
The Beach still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Cabbage goes at the Beach.
The Farm still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Garlic goes at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The lab mix is not next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The cabbage patch is farther from the hockey game than from the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Snow.
Clue 17: “One dog is playing guitar and 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.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Snow.
Clue 15: “The hot dog stand and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Trail.
Clue 25: “The ping pong game and the carrot patch have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Trail.
Clue 21: “The donut stand is left of the sheltie, is left of the garlic patch” 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. Cattle Dog goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.