The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from August 4, 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 50 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The golden retriever is next to the hot dog stand
The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers
The cattle dog is playing baseball
The tennis game is at the beach
The donut stand is at the trail
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach
The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Park, Akita at the Lake, Tuba at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The tennis game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The donut stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “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.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 2: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach; Puck can't be at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park 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. Border Collie goes at the Beach.
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. Ping Pong goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Puck
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1697
8 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 16 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: easier than 43% 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
Sports
Puck
Clues
The ping pong game is at the lake
Tuba could be heard next to the border collie
The border collie and the hot dog stand have two locations between them
One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
The donut stand is not next to the akita
Someone is playing trumpet at the tennis game
One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream
The trumpet music and the golden retriever have two locations between them
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Trail.
Clue 1: “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.
Clue 3: “The border collie and the hot dog stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach or Trail; Hot Dog can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 2: “Tuba could be heard next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 6: “Someone is playing trumpet at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 8: “The trumpet music and the golden retriever have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments; Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “Tuba could be heard next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “The border collie and the hot dog stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The donut stand is not 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.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 6: “Someone is playing trumpet at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Ice Cream 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
Akita
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Trumpet
Tuba
Guitar
Clarinet
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1697
24 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 32 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 98% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The dahlia garden and the border collie are at the same location
The football game is at the park
The cosmo garden and the akita are at the same location
The akita plays the tuba
The guitar music is next to the donut stand
The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location
The chrysanthemum garden and the guitar music are not at the same location
The poppy garden is left of the soccer game
The flute music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent
The pepper patch and the french fries stand are at the same location
The sheltie is next to the cosmo garden
The ice cream stand and the carrot patch are at the same location
The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location
The ice cream stand is left of the poppy garden
The border collie and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent
The tennis game is at the lake
The french fries stand is at the trail
The hamburger stand is at the farm
The garlic patch is at the farm
The cabbage patch is at the snow
The pizza stand is at the park
The baseball game is at the trail
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Piano at the Trail, Donut at the Beach, Clarinet at the Snow, Dahlia at the Beach.
Clue 1: “Cosmos are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “The lab mix is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The football game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 18: “The tennis game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 19: “The french fries stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 20: “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 21: “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 22: “The cabbage patch is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 23: “The pizza stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 24: “The baseball game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The dahlia garden and the border collie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The cosmo garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The akita plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “The guitar music is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Turnip must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 9: “The chrysanthemum garden and the guitar music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The flute music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Lake.
Clue 12: “The pepper patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 13: “The sheltie is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 14: “The ice cream stand and the carrot patch are at the same location” 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 Park.
Clue 15: “The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 16: “The ice cream stand is left of the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Iris goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “The poppy garden 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.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The border collie and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Lake.
Clue 15: “The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Lab Mix
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Sheltie
Akita
Flowers
Iris
Dahlia
Zinnia
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Cosmo
Instruments
Guitar
Saxophone
Piano
Flute
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Pizza
Donut
French Fries
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Football
Puck
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Soccer Ball
Vegetables
Broccoli
Turnip
Pepper
Carrot
Cabbage
Garlic
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1697
26 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 50 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 74% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The sheltie is farther from the pizza stand than from the baseball game
The flute music and the baseball game are at most 1 locations apart
The pizza stand is at the beach, lake, or farm
The lab mix plays the guitar
The golden retriever and the flute music are not at the same location
Someone is playing saxophone at the football game
The ice cream stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location
The golden retriever and the tuba music are at knight's move distance
The zinnia garden and the border collie are not at the same location
The football game is at the farm
The ping pong game and the broccoli patch are at least 5 locations apart
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
The clarinet music and the broccoli patch are at least 3 locations apart
The cattle dog is between the cabbage patch and the baseball game
The iris garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center
The cabbage patch and the sheltie have two locations between them
The soccer game and the carrot patch are not at the same location
The golden retriever likes eating ice cream
The donut stand is left of the garlic patch
The turnip patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location
The hamburger stand is at the farm
The iris garden and the akita are at symmetric positions around the center
The piano music could be heard next to the carrot patch
The cattle dog and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent
The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the saxophone music and the hockey game
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Lab Mix at the Snow, Ice Cream at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 11: “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 13: “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 22: “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 5: “The lab mix plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “Someone is playing saxophone at the football game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The ice cream stand and the dahlia garden 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.
Clue 9: “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 Farm.
Clue 12: “The ping pong game and the broccoli patch are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports; Broccoli must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 14: “The clarinet music and the broccoli patch are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Lake.
Clue 16: “The iris garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park or Lake; French Fries can't be at the Lake.
Clue 17: “The cabbage patch and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach; Sheltie can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever and the flute music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The golden retriever and the tuba music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 20: “The donut stand is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Snow; Garlic can't be at the Park.
Clue 21: “The turnip patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Trail; Cosmo can't be at the Farm.
Clue 23: “The iris garden and the akita are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach; Akita can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 16: “The iris garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hot Dog goes at the Snow.
Clue 24: “The piano music could be heard next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 18: “The soccer game and the carrot patch are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The cabbage patch is next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park.
Clue 17: “The cabbage patch and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Lake.
Clue 21: “The turnip patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach.
Clue 25: “The cattle dog and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park; Cosmo can't be at the Lake.
Clue 21: “The turnip patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Lake.
Clue 15: “The cattle dog is between the cabbage patch and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Lake; Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Baseball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The cabbage patch is next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 17: “The cabbage patch and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park.
Clue 25: “The cattle dog and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent” 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. Iris goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 16: “The iris garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 21: “The turnip patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow 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. Garlic goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Park.
Clue 17: “The cabbage patch and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 20: “The donut stand is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Lake.
Clue 23: “The iris garden and the akita are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The zinnia garden and the border collie are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The sheltie is farther from the pizza stand than from the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The flute music and the baseball game are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Beach.
Clue 26: “The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the saxophone music and the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers; Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.