The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from June 5, 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 62 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
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Clues
The akita is having a walk at the park
One dog is playing guitar and eating hot dogs
The golden retriever is next to the ice cream stand
One dog is playing clarinet and eating ice cream
The hamburger stand is next to the guitar music
The golden retriever is having a walk at the beach
The border collie is having a walk at the trail
The ping pong game is at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Baseball at the Beach, Trumpet at the Park, Tennis Ball at the Park.
Clue 1: “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 6: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the beach” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 7: “The border collie is having a walk at the trail” 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 8: “The ping pong game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “One dog is playing guitar and eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is next to the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food; Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “One dog is playing guitar and eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1118
8 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 14 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 71% 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
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Sports
Baseball
Clues
The border collie likes eating hot dogs
The tennis game is at the park
The tennis game is not next to the trumpet music
The hockey game is left of the donut stand
The tuba music is next to the golden retriever
The cattle dog is equidistant from the tennis game and the tuba music
The ice cream stand and the border collie are at knight's move distance
The clarinet music is left of the cattle dog
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Hot Dog at the Park, Baseball at the Beach.
Clue 2: “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 1: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “The tennis game is not next to the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The hockey game is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The ice cream stand and the border collie are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Trail.
Clue 8: “The clarinet music is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is equidistant from the tennis game and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The tuba music is next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Trail.
Clue 8: “The clarinet music is left of the cattle dog” 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. Trumpet goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Akita
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Donut
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1118
26 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 36 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 86% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
A clarinet could be heard next to the baseball game
The cabbage patch is next to the golden retriever
A flute could be heard next to the hockey game
The tennis game and the cabbage patch are not at the same location
The pizza stand is left of the turnip patch
Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden
The carrot patch is left of the hamburger stand
The zinnia garden is next to the broccoli patch
The pepper patch and the ping pong game are at the same location
The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden
The dog playing soccer likes to eat hamburgers
The lab mix plays the guitar
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the snow
Irises are growing at the trail
Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the park
The hot dog stand is at the lake
The hockey game is at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Dahlia at the Farm, French Fries at the Trail, Border Collie at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The football game is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The turnip patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 3: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 22: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the snow” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 23: “Irises are growing at the trail” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 24: “Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the park” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 25: “The hot dog stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 26: “The hockey game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 4: “Someone is playing piano at the football game” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The cattle dog plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake; Golden Retriever can't be at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The donut stand is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 8: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The sheltie is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Lake; Sheltie can't be at the Farm.
Clue 10: “A clarinet could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 11: “The cabbage patch is next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 12: “A flute could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 14: “The pizza stand is left of the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “Flute music is coming from 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 16: “The carrot patch is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park.
Clue 17: “The zinnia garden is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 18: “The pepper patch and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 19: “The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Lake.
Clue 20: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports; Hamburger must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza 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 Farm.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The sheltie is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “The tennis game and the cabbage patch are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 16: “The carrot patch is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow.
Clue 21: “The lab mix plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Lab Mix
Border Collie
Sheltie
Akita
Flowers
Chrysanthemum
Zinnia
Iris
Poppy
Cosmo
Dahlia
Instruments
Saxophone
Flute
Guitar
Tuba
Clarinet
Piano
Junk Food
Pizza
Donut
French Fries
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Soccer Ball
Football
Vegetables
Cabbage
Pepper
Broccoli
Carrot
Garlic
Turnip
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1118
27 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 62 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 83% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The baseball game and the clarinet music are at least 2 locations apart
The carrot patch and the poppy garden are at symmetric positions around the center
The cabbage patch is left of the piano music
The akita and the baseball game have two locations between them
None of the dogs are playing tennis at the park
The akita is having a walk at the farm
The french fries stand is closer to the hockey game than to the zinnia garden
The lab mix is equidistant from the garlic patch and the tuba music
The piano music is at the beach, lake, or farm
The ping pong game and the hamburger stand are at least 4 locations apart
The zinnia garden and the tuba music have two locations between them
The guitar music is coming from the park or the trail
The donut stand and the flute music are at knight's move distance
The ping pong game is equidistant from the pizza stand and the cabbage patch
The ice cream stand is left of the soccer game
The golden retriever is left of the hot dog stand
The golden retriever is farther from the baseball game than from the broccoli patch
The sheltie is not next to the turnip patch
The lab mix is left of the football game, is left of the hamburger stand
The cosmo garden and the donut stand are at the same location
The golden retriever is next to the cabbage patch
The cattle dog is not playing hockey
The border collie and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The flute was not being played at the ice cream stand
The french fries stand and the cabbage patch are at the same location
Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden
The sheltie is not next to the donut stand
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Pizza at the Park, Flute at the Lake.
Clue 5: “None of the dogs are playing tennis at the park” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The akita is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The piano music is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 12: “The guitar music is coming from the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Beach, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 3: “The cabbage patch is left of the piano music” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The akita and the baseball game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The baseball game and the clarinet music are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 10: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand are at least 4 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake or Snow; Hamburger can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park.
Clue 13: “The donut stand and the flute music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Farm; Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 20: “The cosmo garden and the donut stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park, Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 23: “The border collie and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm.
Clue 24: “The flute was not being played at the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake.
Clue 25: “The french fries stand and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Farm; Cabbage can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The cabbage patch is left of the piano music” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 26: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 8: “The lab mix is equidistant from the garlic patch and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Beach; Lab Mix can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 14: “The ping pong game is equidistant from the pizza stand and the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The carrot patch and the poppy garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Lake.
Clue 10: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand are at least 4 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 16: “The golden retriever is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow.
Clue 20: “The cosmo garden and the donut stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “The carrot patch and the poppy garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Snow.
Clue 21: “The golden retriever is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 23: “The border collie and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 25: “The french fries stand and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 16: “The golden retriever is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 26: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 27: “The sheltie is not next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand is closer to the hockey game than to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The lab mix is equidistant from the garlic patch and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Park.
Clue 17: “The golden retriever is farther from the baseball game than from the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The carrot patch and the poppy garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The lab mix is left of the football game, is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Football 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 22: “The cattle dog is not playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Border Collie goes at the Park.
Clue 23: “The border collie and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “The carrot patch and the poppy garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand is closer to the hockey game than to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Snow.
Clue 2: “The carrot patch and the poppy garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the tuba music have two locations between them” 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. Guitar goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The lab mix is equidistant from the garlic patch and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables; Lab Mix must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 18: “The sheltie is not next to the turnip patch” 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. Pepper goes at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The lab mix is left of the football game, is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.