Einstein Enigmas (Puzzleship)

About Einstein Enigmas (Puzzleship)

Einstein Enigmas belongs to the Zebra Puzzle family but changes how it is played and what the clues say. Each clue either puts an item in a numbered house or says two items share a house, and many do it in the negative, ruling a house out. There are no left, right or next-to clues at all.

Clues check themselves. A satisfied clue strikes itself out and a broken one turns red, so an early slip cannot quietly ruin a long solve. The puzzles grow further than their siblings, from four houses and four attributes to six houses and eight, with clue lists running from about ten to fifty or more. Colour is always one attribute; the rest change daily, from instruments to seafood.

Puzzleship publishes six enigmas of Einstein Enigmas a day, graded from very easy to ultra hard. Each day's enigmas are numbered and dated, the same for every player, and appear at midnight in your own time zone; earlier days stay playable in the archive. The site is free with ads, and a premium plan removes them.

How to play Einstein Enigmas (Puzzleship)

1. Open Einstein Enigmas and pick one of the day's six puzzles.
2. Read the clues in the panel; start with ones that name a house.
3. Tap a cell and choose an emoji from the keypad.
4. Use pairing and negative clues to narrow the rest; each item appears in one house only.
5. Finish when every clue has struck itself out.

Tips

• Anchor items with absolute clues first; pairing clues need an anchor.
• Negative clues are cheap progress on a short row.
• Read clues that mention the same item together.
• Treat clues that have not struck out as unspent information.

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