The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from May 24, with every clue written out, a step-by-step walkthrough, and the final answer.
Each puzzle is a row of locations (Park, Beach, Trail, and so on). Every location holds exactly one item from each category, and the clues tell you how the items relate. Try a puzzle in the game first and open the walkthrough if you get stuck; solutions stay hidden until you click. The longest walkthrough on this date is the 6x6 Hard puzzle, at 59 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
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Clues
The baseball game is at the lake
The akita is having a walk at the park
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach
The ping pong game is left of the border collie
The border collie is playing hockey
The golden retriever is having a walk at the lake
The hot dog stand is at the park
The border collie is next to the donut stand
One dog is playing tuba and eating hot dogs
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Beach, Hamburger at the Lake, Trumpet at the Lake.
Clue 1: “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 2: “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 3: “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.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 7: “The hot dog stand is at the park” 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. Donut goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The ping pong game is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The border collie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The border collie is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The ping pong game is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The border collie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #186
7 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 11 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 96% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Instruments
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Clues
The golden retriever is not playing ping pong
The border collie is next to the baseball game
The border collie doesn't like ice cream
The tennis game is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the cattle dog
The akita is at the Lake or the Park
The tennis game is between the cattle dog and the hot dog stand
The hamburger stand and the clarinet music have two locations between them
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Trail, Puck at the Lake, Hot Dog at the Trail, Tuba at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The akita is at the Lake or the Park” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the clarinet music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The tennis game is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The border collie is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Border Collie 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 playing ping pong” 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 Trail.
Clue 3: “The border collie doesn't like 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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #186
21 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.
Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the cosmo garden
The football game and the iris garden are at the same location
The border collie is having a walk at the farm
The french fries stand is at the park
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach
The poppy garden is left of the donut stand
The broccoli patch is at the park
The cabbage patch is left of the chrysanthemum garden
Guitar music is coming from the zinnia garden
The chrysanthemum garden is left of the football game
A piano could be heard next to the soccer game
The sheltie is next to the hot dog stand
The saxophone music is next to the lab mix
The garlic patch is at the farm
The akita is not playing tennis
The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game
The dog playing hockey likes to eat pizza
The poppy garden and the sheltie are at the same location
The cattle dog plays the clarinet
The football game and the pepper patch are at the same location
The dahlia garden and the tennis game are at the same location
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Donut at the Trail, Flute at the Lake, Turnip at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The border collie is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The french fries stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “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.
Clue 7: “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.
Clue 14: “The garlic patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 1: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 6: “The poppy garden is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Trail, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 8: “The cabbage patch is left of the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 9: “Guitar music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 10: “The chrysanthemum garden is left of the football game” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm; Football can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 2: “The football game and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 8: “The cabbage patch is left of the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “A piano could be heard next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 12: “The sheltie is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 16: “The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Farm; Baseball can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 17: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat pizza” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 18: “The poppy garden and the sheltie 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; Sheltie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “Guitar music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The sheltie is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 16: “The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 17: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat pizza” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The cattle dog plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “The football game and the pepper patch 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; Pepper must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The football game and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 1: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
Clue 8: “The cabbage patch is left of the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Lake.
Clue 9: “Guitar music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “A piano could be heard next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 17: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Farm.
Clue 21: “The dahlia garden and the tennis 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; Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Park.
Clue 1: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Snow.
Clue 15: “The akita is not playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Sheltie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Lab Mix
Akita
Border Collie
Flowers
Poppy
Cosmo
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Iris
Zinnia
Instruments
Piano
Clarinet
Saxophone
Flute
Tuba
Guitar
Junk Food
French Fries
Hot Dog
Donut
Pizza
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Sports
Ping Pong
Soccer Ball
Tennis Ball
Puck
Football
Baseball
Vegetables
Broccoli
Turnip
Cabbage
Carrot
Pepper
Garlic
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #186
22 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 59 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 71% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The poppy garden and the golden retriever are at symmetric positions around the center
The saxophone music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center
The football game is left of the sheltie
The flute music is equidistant from the lab mix and the pizza stand
The dahlia garden and the piano music have one location between them
The chrysanthemum garden and the pizza stand are not at the same location
The ping pong game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them
The dahlia garden is left of the hot dog stand, is left of the tuba music
The poppy garden is left of the cabbage patch
The donut stand and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance
The cattle dog likes eating pizza
Clarinet music is coming from the dahlia garden
The garlic patch is between the football game and the french fries stand
The zinnia garden is not at an edge
The lab mix and the zinnia garden have two locations between them
The garlic patch is left of the golden retriever, is left of the tennis game
The turnip patch is next to the hot dog stand
The pepper patch is at the farm
The guitar music is next to the iris garden
The lab mix and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart
The hockey game is at the Park or the Lake
The soccer game and the turnip patch are at the same location
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Carrot at the Beach, Pizza at the Park.
Clue 14: “The zinnia garden is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 18: “The pepper patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 21: “The hockey game is at the Park or the Lake” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach, Trail, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 3: “The football game is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Farm; Sheltie can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the pizza stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 9: “The poppy garden is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow or Farm; Cabbage can't be at the Park.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the golden retriever are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 11: “The cattle dog likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The saxophone music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The lab mix and the zinnia garden have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Trail or Lake; Zinnia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 20: “The lab mix and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake.
Clue 22: “The soccer game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 4: “The flute music is equidistant from the lab mix and the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Flute must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the golden retriever are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The saxophone music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Beach; Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the piano music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 10: “The donut stand and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Snow.
Clue 12: “Clarinet music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park or Snow; Dahlia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the piano music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 10: “The donut stand and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Trail.
Clue 15: “The lab mix and the zinnia garden have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 12: “Clarinet music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The guitar music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “The lab mix and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The turnip patch is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Park.
Clue 22: “The soccer game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The dahlia garden is left of the hot dog stand, is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers; Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm 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. Piano goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Park.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the golden retriever are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The saxophone music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” 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. Golden Retriever goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the golden retriever are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 3: “The football game is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The poppy garden is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The donut stand and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The turnip patch is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 19: “The guitar music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm 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. Cosmo goes at the Park.
Clue 22: “The soccer game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The football game is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” 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. French Fries goes at the Lake.
Clue 13: “The garlic patch is between the football game and the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Park.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch is left of the golden retriever, is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.