Hearsay (Mind Loft)
Rate itDeduce the secret from what two people say they do not know.
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Hearsay is a free daily logic puzzle from Mind Loft in the family made famous by Cheryl's Birthday. A shortlist of candidates is public; two people are each told one detail of the secret entry, and a few lines of their conversation are enough for you to work out which entry it is.
About Hearsay (Mind Loft)
Hearsay is built on the kind of puzzle where ignorance carries information. A list of candidates, such as entries on a ringing sheet, is shown to everyone. Two people (three on Sundays) are each told a single detail of the secret entry and nothing else. Then they speak, a few lines at a time, saying whether they know the answer yet.
When someone says they cannot work it out, every candidate that would have given them the answer is ruled out. When someone says that now they can, the candidates that would have left them unsure fall away. Each line cuts the list, and exactly one entry survives all of them. You uncover the conversation and cross out candidates until you can name it.
Wrong answers are counted, and the leaderboard compares score and time. A new case appears every day at midnight Eastern, with a third voice added on Sundays. The Sunday Edition is the biggest board of the week: on 18 October 2026 it was a print room list of 16 engravings, with three people told the plate, the state and the paper. Hearsay is also one of five cases in Mind Loft's Judged run, beside Ergo, Sworn, Docket and Alibi, and it sits in Mind Loft's logic set with Axiom and Fib.
How to play Hearsay (Mind Loft)
- Open Hearsay; if Mind Loft offers its five-case Judged run, choose Just Hearsay.
- Press Hear them out to reveal the candidate list and the first line of conversation.
- Note which detail each person was told, such as the plate, the state or the paper of an engraving.
- For each line of conversation, cross out every candidate it rules out.
- When one candidate is left, name it.
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Tips
- A line like 'I don't know' removes every candidate whose detail is unique on the list.
- Work line by line and recount the list after each; earlier cuts change what later lines mean.
- Write down, for each detail value, how many candidates share it.
Questions
What time does Hearsay reset?
A new Hearsay puzzle goes up every day at midnight US Eastern Time, the same for every player. Sundays add a third voice to the conversation.
Is Hearsay free?
Yes. Hearsay plays in the browser on Mind Loft with no app and no account. Signing up with a display name (no password) puts your result on the daily leaderboard; an email is optional.
Can I play earlier Hearsay puzzles?
Yes. Mind Loft keeps an archive of past Hearsay boards together with each day's standings.
What is Hearsay based on?
The family of knowledge puzzles made famous by Cheryl's Birthday, where people's statements about what they do and do not know narrow down a secret.
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