The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from June 9, 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 52 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
Border Collie
Akita
Instruments
Junk Food
Donut
Sports
Puck
Clues
The border collie plays the clarinet
The hockey game is left of the tuba player
The guitar music and the hamburger stand are diagonally adjacent
The cattle dog is left of the baseball game
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Lake, Donut at the Park, Puck at the Trail, Border Collie at the Trail.
Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The border collie plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The hockey game is left of the tuba player” 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. Trumpet goes at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The guitar music and the hamburger stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake 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 Trail.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Trumpet
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1114
7 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
Hamburger
Sports
Puck
Clues
The cattle dog likes eating donuts
The akita is equidistant from the clarinet music and the ice cream stand
Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game
None of the dogs are playing ping pong at the lake
The guitar music is not next to the akita
The baseball game is at the park or the trail
The hockey game is left of the tuba music, is left of the border collie
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Park, Hamburger at the Park.
Clue 4: “None of the dogs are playing ping pong at the lake” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The akita is equidistant from the clarinet music and the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The guitar music is not next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The hockey game is left of the tuba music, is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Clarinet
Tuba
Trumpet
Guitar
Junk Food
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Baseball
Tennis Ball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1114
20 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 51 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 91% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The soccer game and the cabbage patch are at the same location
The flute music and the garlic patch are at the same location
The carrot patch is next to the cosmo garden
The piano music is left of the sheltie
The lab mix likes eating hamburgers
The ping pong game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent
One dog is playing saxophone and eating donuts
One dog is playing flute and eating hamburgers
The cabbage patch is next to the french fries stand
The zinnia garden and the baseball game are at the same location
The golden retriever likes eating donuts
The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden are not at the same location
Clarinet could be heard next to the akita
The hockey game is left of the border collie
The golden retriever is left of the poppy garden
The tuba music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
The dahlia garden and the pepper patch are at the same location
The sheltie likes to eat carrot
The sheltie is having a walk at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Lake, Pizza at the Beach, Turnip at the Snow, Cabbage at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The hot dog stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 20: “The sheltie is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The soccer game and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The flute music and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Beach or Snow.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 5: “The piano music is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 6: “The lab mix likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Beach or Farm; Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park or Farm; Broccoli can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 8: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 9: “One dog is playing flute and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Snow; Flute can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 3: “The flute music and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 6: “The lab mix likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 12: “The golden retriever likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake; Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach or Farm.
The Lake still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Ice Cream goes at the Lake.
The Snow still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Donut goes at the Snow.
Clue 8: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 12: “The golden retriever likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 14: “Clarinet could be heard next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm; Clarinet can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The hockey game is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Farm; Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The golden retriever is left of the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Tennis Ball goes at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The tuba music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent” 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. Flute goes at the Park, which rules out the Park 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. Clarinet goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Farm.
Clue 3: “The flute music and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 9: “One dog is playing flute and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The lab mix likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 14: “Clarinet could be heard next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 18: “The dahlia garden and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park, Beach, or Snow; Pepper can't be at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The sheltie likes to eat carrot” 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. Broccoli goes at the Farm.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Lake.
Clue 18: “The dahlia garden and the pepper patch 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.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Lake.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the baseball game 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.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Trail.
Clue 15: “The hockey game is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Akita
Sheltie
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Flowers
Zinnia
Chrysanthemum
Dahlia
Iris
Cosmo
Poppy
Instruments
Flute
Piano
Tuba
Clarinet
Saxophone
Guitar
Junk Food
Hamburger
Pizza
French Fries
Ice Cream
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Baseball
Soccer Ball
Puck
Football
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Vegetables
Garlic
Cabbage
Pepper
Carrot
Turnip
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1114
25 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 52 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 62% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The ping pong game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent
The sheltie and the zinnia garden are at least 5 locations apart
None of the dogs are playing baseball at the park
The lab mix is left of the carrot patch
Tuba music is coming from the cosmo garden
The cattle dog is next to the ice cream stand
The lab mix is next to the pizza stand
The dahlia garden is at the Lake or the Park
The tennis game and the pepper patch have two locations between them
The hot dog stand and the garlic patch are at least 3 locations apart
The pepper patch is at the farm
The cabbage patch is at the park, trail, or snow
The dog playing tennis likes to eat french fries
The golden retriever and the tuba music are at knight's move distance
The flute was not being played at the french fries stand
The soccer game is at the park, trail, or snow
The zinnia garden and the turnip patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The cosmo garden and the soccer game are at the same location
The hamburger stand is next to the broccoli patch
The iris garden and the guitar music have two locations between them
The garlic patch is left of the guitar music
The saxophone music could be heard next to the garlic patch
The iris garden is left of the hockey game, is left of the garlic patch
The chrysanthemum garden is at the park, trail, or snow
The cabbage patch and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Piano at the Park, Hot Dog at the Beach.
Clue 3: “None of the dogs are playing baseball at the park” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The dahlia garden is at the Lake or the Park” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Beach, Trail, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 11: “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 12: “The cabbage patch is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 16: “The soccer game is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 24: “The chrysanthemum garden is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 2: “The sheltie and the zinnia garden are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Beach, Trail, Lake, or Snow; Zinnia can't be at the Beach, Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 4: “The lab mix is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow or Farm; Carrot can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “Tuba music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is next to the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park; Pizza can't be at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The lab mix is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The tennis game and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 10: “The hot dog stand and the garlic patch are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The lab mix is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is next to the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 15: “The flute was not being played at the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The zinnia garden and the turnip patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers; 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. Carrot goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The sheltie and the zinnia garden are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “Tuba music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The cosmo garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers; Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 5: “Tuba music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 14: “The golden retriever and the tuba music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 19: “The hamburger stand is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is next to the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 20: “The iris garden and the guitar music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach or Lake; Guitar can't be at the Beach or Trail.
The Beach still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Poppy goes at the Beach.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Dahlia goes at the Lake.
Clue 21: “The garlic patch is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 20: “The iris garden and the guitar music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Park.
Clue 22: “The saxophone music could be heard next to the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 25: “The cabbage patch and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream 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 Snow.
Clue 23: “The iris garden is left of the hockey game, is left of the garlic 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. Ping Pong goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.