The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from June 16, 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 72 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
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Clues
One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
The border collie is next to the hamburger stand
The cattle dog plays the tuba
Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game
The tuba music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent
The hot dog stand is at the park
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the trail
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Ping Pong at the Trail, Golden Retriever at the Trail, Tennis Ball at the Park.
Clue 6: “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.
Clue 7: “Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the trail” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park; Hamburger can't be at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The border collie is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports; Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The tuba music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Tuba
Trumpet
Guitar
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2448
7 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 17 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: harder than 57% 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
Trumpet
Junk Food
Donut
Sports
Clues
The golden retriever is playing ping pong
None of the dogs are playing tennis at the park
The baseball game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them
The tuba music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center
The hamburger stand is left of the ping pong game, is left of the guitar music
The akita and the ice cream stand have two locations between them
The border collie likes eating ice cream
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Donut at the Trail, Trumpet at the Lake.
Clue 2: “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 3: “The baseball game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach or Trail; Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The tuba music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The akita and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach or Trail; Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The border collie likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 3: “The baseball game and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
The Park still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Puck goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The tuba music and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is left of the ping pong game, is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2448
22 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 40 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 62% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The zinnia garden and the pizza stand are not at the same location
The donut stand is next to the clarinet music
The lab mix likes to eat broccoli
The lab mix plays the flute
The lab mix is playing tennis
The hot dog stand is next to the cabbage patch
The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent
Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden
The guitar music is left of the turnip patch
The dahlia garden is next to the cabbage patch
The cattle dog likes to eat garlic
The dog playing soccer likes to eat french fries
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat pizza
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the beach
The akita is having a walk at the park
The donut stand is at the beach
The ping pong game is at the park
Irises are growing at the snow
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Farm, Pepper at the Park, Baseball at the Snow.
Clue 1: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 3: “The hamburger stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 17: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the beach” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 18: “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 19: “The donut stand is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 20: “The ping pong game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 21: “Irises are growing at the snow” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 22: “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 2: “The sheltie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The donut stand is next to the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 6: “The lab mix likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Snow.
Clue 7: “The lab mix plays the flute” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Snow; Lab Mix can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 6: “The lab mix likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 8: “The lab mix is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 6: “The lab mix likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 7: “The lab mix plays the flute” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 10: “The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Farm.
Clue 11: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 12: “The guitar music is left of the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Turnip must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The hot dog stand is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The cattle dog likes to eat garlic” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Farm; Garlic can't be at the Snow.
The Farm still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Border Collie goes at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The dog playing soccer 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; Soccer Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The zinnia garden and the pizza stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The hot dog stand is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The dahlia garden is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park or Trail.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Cosmo goes at the Park.
The Trail still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever 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 14: “The cattle dog likes to eat garlic” 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. Cabbage goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The dahlia garden is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Akita
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Lab Mix
Sheltie
Border Collie
Flowers
Cosmo
Poppy
Zinnia
Dahlia
Iris
Chrysanthemum
Instruments
Piano
Tuba
Clarinet
Flute
Guitar
Saxophone
Junk Food
Pizza
Donut
French Fries
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Football
Soccer Ball
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Vegetables
Pepper
Carrot
Garlic
Broccoli
Cabbage
Turnip
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2448
27 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 72 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 99% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The pizza stand and the broccoli patch are at least 4 locations apart
The ping pong game is between the garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden
The cattle dog and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center
The piano music and the chrysanthemum garden are not at the same location
The hot dog stand is not next to the carrot patch
The soccer game and the dahlia garden are at the same location
The cabbage patch is at the farm
The golden retriever is not next to the piano music
The garlic patch is left of the saxophone music, is left of the golden retriever
The dog playing football likes to eat hamburgers
The iris garden and the tennis game are not at the same location
The tennis game is left of the pizza stand
The akita is playing football
The ping pong game and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart
The soccer game and the pepper patch have two locations between them
The pizza stand and the poppy garden are at the same location
The turnip patch and the saxophone music are at the same location
The ping pong game and the guitar music have one location between them
The golden retriever plays the guitar
The tennis game is next to the ice cream stand
The garlic patch and the flute music are at the same location
Cosmos are growing next to the donuts
The hockey game and the broccoli patch are at most 3 locations apart
The clarinet music is at the park, trail, or snow
The border collie and the zinnia garden are at the same location
The soccer game is next to the lab mix
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Piano at the Farm, Donut at the Park.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden is at the Farm or the Lake” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 8: “The cabbage patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 25: “The clarinet music is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 2: “The pizza stand and the broccoli patch are at least 4 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Lake; Broccoli can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The piano music and the chrysanthemum garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The golden retriever is not next to the piano music” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The dog playing football likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park.
Clue 13: “The tennis game is left of the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The akita is playing football” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park.
Clue 15: “The ping pong game and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The soccer game and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The pizza stand and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food; Poppy must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 7: “The soccer game and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The dog playing football likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The akita is playing football” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The ping pong game and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The ping pong game and the guitar music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park, Beach, or Snow.
Clue 20: “The golden retriever plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm.
Clue 23: “Cosmos are growing next to the donuts” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 7: “The soccer game and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Snow.
Clue 24: “The hockey game and the broccoli patch are at most 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Farm.
Clue 26: “The border collie and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 27: “The soccer game is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The ping pong game is between the garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Beach; Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Baseball goes at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The dog playing football likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The akita is playing football” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The ping pong game and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 11: “The dog playing football likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The akita is playing football” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The ping pong game and the guitar music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail.
Clue 18: “The turnip patch and the saxophone music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Lake.
Clue 20: “The golden retriever plays the guitar” 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, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The akita is playing football” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 11: “The dog playing football likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand is not next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Trail.
Clue 21: “The tennis game is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 7: “The soccer game and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 12: “The iris garden and the tennis game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Lake.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Park.
Clue 22: “The garlic patch and the flute music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Trail or Lake; Flute can't be at the Beach.
The Trail still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Turnip goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The turnip patch and the saxophone music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
The Beach still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Tuba goes at the Beach.
Clue 26: “The border collie and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail or Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Lake.
The Trail still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Iris goes at the Trail.
Clue 27: “The soccer game is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow.
Clue 3: “The ping pong game is between the garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand is not next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Lake.
Clue 16: “The soccer game and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Snow.
Clue 7: “The soccer game and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow.
Clue 22: “The garlic patch and the flute music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 26: “The border collie and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.