Murdle

Using the deduction grid

Murdle, by G. T. Karber, gives you suspects, weapons and places, plus a set of clues. The grid is where you solve it. Every box pairs two things, like a suspect and a weapon, and you mark it true or false as the clues allow.

• Mark the easy no boxes first. A clue like the tallest suspect was not in the garden removes several boxes at once.
• When a row has only one empty box left, it must be true. Mark it and cross out the rest of that column.
• Check the statements last. In most cases only the guilty suspect lies, so find the one statement that does not fit.

The books and Mini Murdle

The daily puzzle is free online, along with a smaller Mini Murdle for beginners. Murdle also became a series of puzzle books that go from elementary to impossible, including a junior edition for younger readers. If you like the online version, the books are where the longer mysteries live.

Why it is a good first logic puzzle

Logic grid puzzles can look scary. Murdle wraps them in a story with names and motives, so you care about the answer, and the daily size is small enough to finish over a coffee.