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Zebra puzzles: a new logic grid every day

Read a few short facts, work out who lives where, and click everything into place. Today is puzzle #315.

Spring Flower Show

The town hall smells of fresh blossoms on the morning of the flower show. Gardeners stand beside their entries along a row of tables.

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Name
Paula
Gita
Kofi
Naveen
Flower
tulips
lavender
orchids
daisies
Shirt colour
grey
purple
teal
green
Street
Elm
Laurel
Pine
Oak
Drink
sparkling water
tea
cranberry juice
lemonade

Facts

Tap a fact to cross it out. Tap again to bring it back.

What is a Zebra puzzle?

Picture a row of houses. Each house has someone living in it, and each person comes with a few traits: a shirt colour, a favourite snack, a hobby. You do not know which trait goes with which person. What you do have is a list of facts, such as "the baker lives next to the person in the green shirt". Put the facts together and the whole row falls into place. This kind of puzzle is also called a logic grid, and it has exactly one correct answer.

How to play

  1. Pick a level. Start small if you are new, or go straight to ultra hard if you are not.
  2. Read the facts. Each one is always true, so each one rules something in or something out.
  3. Fill in the grid. Mark what has to be true, and cross out what cannot be.
  4. Look for the next move. Placing one trait often settles another, and so on down the chain.
  5. Check your answer when every cell is filled.

The six puzzles of the day are separate, so finish them in any order.

Tips for solving

  • Begin with the firm facts. Anything that names an exact house or an end of the row gives you a fixed point to build on.
  • Treat "next to" as a pair. It does not say which side. Keep both options open until another fact picks one.
  • Remember what "somewhere left" means. It says nothing about distance, only order. It is a weaker fact than "directly left".
  • Cross out as much as you fill in. Ruling out a trait is progress, and it often finishes a row.
  • Stuck? Ask for a nudge. It points at the kind of reasoning to try, without giving the answer away.
  • On the biggest grids, test a what-if. Assume one cell, follow it through, and if two facts clash, cross that option out.

Today's six puzzles

The set for November 11, 2026:

  • Very easy: Lantern Festival Parade, 4 houses with 4 categories
  • Easy: Spring Flower Show, 4 houses with 5 categories
  • Medium: The Quiet Bookshop Circle, 5 houses with 5 categories
  • Hard: Mountain Railway Journey, 5 houses with 6 categories
  • Very hard: Mountain Hut Weekend, 5 houses with 7 categories
  • Ultra hard: The Floating Market Boats, 6 houses with 7 categories

Want the full breakdown of facts and difficulty? See the page for November 11, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Zebra puzzle?

A Zebra puzzle is a logic grid. A row of houses is home to a few people, and each person has a handful of traits such as a shirt colour, a snack or a hobby. A list of short facts tells you how those traits relate. You use the facts to work out which traits belong together. There is exactly one arrangement that fits every fact.

When does the next puzzle appear?

A new set goes live every day at 14:00 UTC. The day is counted in UTC, not in your local time, so the puzzle number changes at the same moment for everyone. If you leave the page open across the switch, it fetches the new set on its own.

How many puzzles are there each day, and how hard are they?

Six. The very easy puzzle is a 4 by 4 grid with a dozen facts or fewer. The ultra hard one is a 6 by 7 grid with around thirty facts and a few extra kinds of reasoning. You can play them in any order, and you do not need to finish one to open the next.

Do I have to guess?

No. Every puzzle has one solution, and the facts are enough to reach it. The easier levels fall to plain deduction. The hardest ones may ask you to try a what-if on one cell and drop it when it leads to a contradiction. That is still logic, just with a longer chain.

What does Need a nudge? do?

It points you towards the next useful step without filling in the answer for you. The first nudge names a kind of reasoning to try. A second one narrows down where to look. Whether you used a nudge is mentioned in the text you share, so friends know how you got there.

Do I need an account or an app?

No. The puzzles run in your browser on phones, tablets and computers. Your progress and streak are stored in your own browser, so clearing site data resets them. Nothing is sent to a server.

Can I play puzzles from earlier days?

Yes. Every past day has its own page with the full set of six puzzles, free to play. The archive is grouped by month, so you can pick up where you left off or go back to a day you missed.

Is it free?

Yes. Playing is free, with no sign-up and no paywall on past puzzles. The site may show ads in the future to cover running costs; they will sit in fixed spaces beside and below the puzzle, never on top of it.

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