Solution · October 26, 2026
Solution: The Wet Footprint at the Museum
Where everyone stood, who did it, and the order of deductions that gets there without a guess. If you have not tried the case yet, the board is on the case page. Play this case.
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The solved board: Easy 6×6
The murderer: The killer: Felix.
- Yara: row 5, column 4 (Storeroom)
- Rafael: row 4, column 1 (Gift Shop)
- Clara: row 2, column 6 (Sculpture Hall)
- Felix: row 1, column 3 (Sculpture Hall)
- Sofia: row 6, column 5 (Courtyard)
- Dario: row 3, column 2 (Lobby)
The clues
- YaraThe young pharmacist.
She was on a stool.
- RafaelThe bicycle courier.
- Clara · VictimThe young reporter.
The victim. She was alone with the killer. She was beside a globe.
- FelixThe student who never sleeps.
He was in the Sculpture Hall.
- SofiaThe chess prodigy.
She was in the fifth column from the left. She was not in the Map Room.
- DarioThe jazz musician.
He was beside a statue.
Step by step
The order our solver finds. Each step uses only the clues and what the steps before it proved, and its heading links to the technique.
- Pinned suspects Sofia can only be in the fifth column from the left, so nobody else can be there.
- Pinned suspects Clara can only be in the second row, so nobody else can be there. Placed: Dario: row 3, column 2 (Lobby); Yara: row 5, column 4 (Storeroom); Clara: row 2, column 6 (Sculpture Hall); Felix: row 1, column 3 (Sculpture Hall); Sofia: row 6, column 5 (Courtyard); Rafael: row 4, column 1 (Gift Shop).
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