Einstein Clues

Einstein Puzzles

Tonight, at the mansion…

There has been a crime. Five suspects were each in a room of the mansion, with a weapon. The clues tell you who was where. You have to work out who did it.

The suspects

The weapons

How to play

Read the clues. “Top”, “bottom”, “left”, “right” and “the central room” are read on the floor plan.
On the grid, mark ✕ for what can’t go together and ◯ for what does.
When every room has its suspect and its weapon, you’ll know who did it.

Questions

What is an Einstein puzzle?

A logic puzzle where you match things up from a few clues, without guessing. The most famous one, with five houses and a fish, is attributed to Einstein, although there is no proof that he wrote it.

What makes these different?

Each puzzle is a crime in a mansion: five suspects, five rooms and five weapons. The clues say who was where and with what, and when you solve it you know who did it. Level 2 adds the motive and level 3, the time.

How do you solve it?

With the grid: each square crosses two things. Mark ✕ for what the clues rule out and ◯ for what they confirm; a ◯ rules out the rest of its row and column. Easy mode notes that down for you.

Is it free?

Yes. You play in your browser, with no sign-up and nothing to download, and each case is saved in your browser so you can carry on another day.

Looking for the classic Einstein’s riddle, the one with the fish? Here it is, with its solution →

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