Nine Suspects

Detective murder-mystery puzzles

5×5 floor plan · 3 rooms · typical solve time 5–10 minutes

A 5×5 floor plan with three rooms. Clues start to interact — you will need to eliminate squares before anything clicks.

How a Detective case works

A murder has occurred in a house with 3 rooms. 5 people — the suspects and the victim — were each in a different row and a different column of the 5×5 floor plan, exactly like a sudoku. Every suspect gives you one positional clue ("on the carpet", "beside a table", "in front of a window", "in the Kitchen"). Place everyone, find who was alone in a room with the victim, and accuse the murderer.

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Recent daily Detective puzzles

The daily case rotates between Detective, Inspector, and Chief difficulty. These recent days were Detective cases — each has its own page with hints and the answer:

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