Sherlock Puzzles (Puzzleship)

About Sherlock Puzzles (Puzzleship)

In Sherlock Puzzles every category has its own row, and each column must end up with exactly one item from each row. Every cell starts as a set of candidate tiles, and you click candidates to eliminate them until one remains. Some puzzles reveal a few tiles at the start; others leave the whole grid open.

The clues talk about positions and relationships: two items in the same column, items never next to each other, one item somewhere left of another, items in consecutive columns, items not between two others. Same-column clues are the strongest, since they tie two items together for good. Settling an item clears it from the rest of its row automatically, which is a good moment to reread the clues touching that row.

Puzzleship publishes six puzzles of Sherlock Puzzles a day, graded from very easy to ultra hard. Each day's puzzles 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 Sherlock Puzzles (Puzzleship)

1. Open Sherlock Puzzles and pick one of the day's six puzzles.
2. Read the clues and any tiles already revealed.
3. Click a candidate tile to eliminate it from a cell.
4. When a cell has one candidate left, that item is settled.
5. Use undo and redo freely; finish when every column is settled.

Tips

• Act on same-column clues first.
• Consecutive-column clues are strongest near the edges.
• After settling an item, reread every clue that touches its row.
• Eliminate rather than guess; every step is provable.

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