# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/81 "2026-08-29T12:09:02Z")
I need to distinguish better between what works and what must work. Ignore the time, I am in a puzzle group chat and went off to do that. #CluesBySam - Aug 29th 2026 (Hard) Less than 33 minutes 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [August 29, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/82 "2026-08-29T14:23:54Z")
I think it let’s you play this week’s and last week’s for free, but only let’s you post today’s. I’ve been away for a week, and plan to catch up when i get home. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/83 "2026-08-29T16:13:33Z")
#CluesBySam - Aug 29th 2026 (Hard) Less than 19 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/84 "2026-08-30T11:25:59Z")
#CluesBySam - Aug 30th 2026 (Hard) Less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/85 "2026-08-30T14:26:46Z")
Nice! #CluesBySam - Aug 30th 2026 (Hard) Less than 30 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/86 "2026-08-30T14:59:54Z")
The very first person I identified gave a joke clue. Not sure I’ve seen that before. (Of course, the freebie clue identified two, or that wouldn’t have been possible) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/87 "2026-09-01T12:31:31Z")
I just did yesterday’s (aug 31) and the third clue revealed was also the last used. They didn’t usually stick around that long, especially in β€œeasy”. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/88 "2026-09-10T12:46:07Z")
Do you ever have that thing happen where you go down a long logic chain and land on a correct answer, but somehow click the other answer? That happens to me maybe once a week. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/89 "2026-09-10T13:20:01Z")
If by long chain of logic, you mean a direct statement or chain of 1-2 statements, yes, frequently ---
**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:** [September 10, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/90 "2026-09-10T13:32:28Z")
Yes, yes i do. And night before last, i was working on a logic chain, but accidentally opened the β€œcriminal or innocent” screen. That happens to me all the time when I’m futzing with the corners. But what happened _that_ night is that instead of dismissing the screen, i accidentally clicked one of the statuses. 😟 I counted that as a moral β€œall correct” even though it obviously shows a bad guess. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/91 "2026-09-10T13:44:09Z")
(that was yesterday’s, but i did it after midnight.) But i did okay today #CluesBySam - Sep 10th 2026 (Tricky) Less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/92 "2026-09-10T19:13:47Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That happens to me all the time when I’m futzing with the corners. But what happened _that_ night is that instead of dismissing the screen, i accidentally clicked one of the statuses. 😟 Ha! I’ve come so close to do doing that, but haven’t. Yet. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/93 "2026-09-11T13:25:04Z")
I guess i made up for it today. I made two real logic errors, but they both happened to hit the same square. #CluesBySam - Sep 11th 2026 (Tricky) Less than 18 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [September 11, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/94 "2026-09-11T23:42:56Z")
I was stuck for a long time on the fourth clue, and then I made a mistake based on β€œone person on the edges has three criminal neighbors”, because I thought there was only one person that could be. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/95 "2026-09-12T02:03:07Z")
Same. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/96 "2026-09-13T00:05:30Z")
Booo. Slapped my forehead when I realized my error. #CluesBySam - Sep 12th 2026 (Hard) Less than 28 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I really enjoy these. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/97 "2026-09-13T00:37:58Z")
I did well today #CluesBySam - Sep 12th 2026 (Hard) Less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/98 "2026-09-13T20:56:11Z")
What do you want, a trophy? πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/99 "2026-09-13T20:59:10Z")
No, no, we keep working out our brains to prevent atrophy. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350/100 "2026-09-15T03:24:37Z")
#CluesBySam - Sep 14th 2026 (Easy) 04:28 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Urk, dumb mistake at the very end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-by-sam/1030350.md?page=6)