# Clues by Sam **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [May 24, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350 "2026-05-24T13:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/21 "2026-06-02T21:36:53Z")
And today I am under 9 minutes. Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/22 "2026-06-05T13:22:32Z")
#CluesBySam - Jun 5th 2026 (Hard) Less than 17 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 I missed yesterday’s ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/23 "2026-06-05T13:31:37Z")
Am I the only one who’s saving them up for Sunday, so I can do the whole week at once and see the story develop? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/24 "2026-06-05T15:36:59Z")
18 minutes today. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/25 "2026-06-05T15:38:20Z")
Well, I’ll be on an airplane on Sunday, so I’m certainly not doing that! Also, i guess I’m not interested in the puzzles than the story. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/26 "2026-06-05T21:12:15Z")
I didn’t even know there was a story until this thread and I don’t care about it now that I know about it. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 5th 2026 (Hard), in 04:52 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **[Clues by Sam](https://cluesbysam.com)** > > A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal! Again not double checking if the clue eliminated the last innocent or the last criminal in a column ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/27 "2026-06-06T11:48:50Z")
Had to use the hint button for the first time for a long while. Couldn’t unravel Karen and Vince ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/28 "2026-06-06T12:05:25Z")
One of the problems I run into is that I’ll figure out if someone is innocent or a criminal before the ‘correct’ clues have been revealed so it’s considered a wrong answer. Is there only one order to reveal the clues in? Sometimes I wonder if I found a different path that the author didn’t plan on? I’ll have to go back and see if I can come up with a concrete example, but I believe earlier in the week one of the clues was “There are more innocents in row 4 than row 5” and at the time Row 5 was fully revealed and had only one innocent. Row four had one innocent, two criminals and an unknown. The unknown _must_ be innocent, but it wouldn’t let me pick that until a few clues later. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/29 "2026-06-06T12:12:27Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > One of the problems I run into is that I’ll figure out if someone is innocent or a criminal before the ‘correct’ clues have been revealed so it’s considered a wrong answer. Is there only one order to reveal the clues in? Sometimes I wonder if I found a different path that the author didn’t plan on? > I’ll have to go back and see if I can come up with a concrete example, but I believe earlier in the week one of the clues was “There are more innocents in row 4 than row 5” and at the time Row 5 was fully revealed and had only one innocent. Row four had one innocent, two criminals and an unknown. The unknown _must_ be innocent, but it wouldn’t let me pick that until a few clues later I’m pretty sure you’re at fault here. You haven’t considered all the options and there is at least one combination that fits all given values where the person you selected is NOT innocent. The game as far as I can tell is perfect at calculating all permutations of current information. I don’t believe the example you gave could occur in the way you presented it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/30 "2026-06-06T14:29:53Z")
I did really badly today #CluesBySam - Jun 6th 2026 (Hard) Less than 37 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟡🟨🟨🟨 My husband is still working on it. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/31 "2026-06-06T14:51:54Z")
Damn, today was a hard one: I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 6th 2026 (Hard), in less than 19 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **[Clues by Sam](https://cluesbysam.com)** > > A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal! > [@colinfred](#): > > Couldn’t unravel Karen and Vince Yeah 90% of my time was figuring out Vince ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/32 "2026-06-06T14:53:24Z")
That’s pretty much where i gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/33 "2026-06-06T15:01:32Z")
The way I got it, if it helps you in the future. 1. From Eli, we know there’s only 1 more innocent on the edges 2. We knot Tina has 1 more innocent neighbor 3. If that innocent is Xia or Zed, Vince (and every other remaining edge) is criminal 4. If it’s Olivia, Petra needs an additional innocent to maintain an odd innocent count 5. If that’s Tina or Karen, Vince is criminal 6. If it’s Hal, Xia and Wanda would need to be criminal/ innocent pair from Quita’s clue so Vince is criminal Basically use the corner flags, walk through possibilities, and notice if someone always stays the same color. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/34 "2026-06-07T14:46:55Z")
Today’s “brutal” was so much easier than yesterday’s “hard” that I’d almost call it a “tricky” ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/35 "2026-06-07T15:52:34Z")
I can’t really compare, because i have up yesterday, and today i got a clue from my son (which one can i solve next?) #CluesBySam - Jun 7th 2026 (Brutal) Less than 72 minutes 🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 But i think the upper left yellow is unfair. I guessed the right answer for that cell, and i didn’t think any other actual clues were revealed between solving others and re-solving it. I guessed it as a result of a lengthy elimination process (if a, then b, until i came up with a contradiction) and i thought the other answer had given me a contradiction. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/36 "2026-06-07T18:21:04Z")
Yeah, I don’t recall seeing a “brutal” difficulty before, but I didn’t think this was that bad. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 7th 2026 (Brutal), in less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **[Clues by Sam](https://cluesbysam.com)** > > A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal! ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/37 "2026-06-07T22:06:30Z")
I think it goes Easy-Medium-Tricky-Hard-Brutal-Evil I’ve seen an Evil, but not for a while. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/38 "2026-06-08T06:00:21Z")
#CluesBySam - Jun 8th 2026 (Easy) Less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Today’s _was_ easy. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/39 "2026-06-08T11:28:50Z")
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 8th 2026 (Easy), in 03:33 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Really disappointed in my time on this one. Stuck on Logan’s neighbors for way too long. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/40 "2026-06-08T12:12:39Z")
OK, it looks like the first set I did, the “week’s story” was a fluke, and that doesn’t usually happen. So I’m back to one-a-day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350.md?page=3)