“The Final Move” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home category: a board of 9×9, 8 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.
The Board
The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 9×9, rated Medium, with 5 rooms. Every person — 9 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
R1
S
C
W
S
R2
C
T
C
Ca
Ca
Tr
R3
Ca
Tr
R4
Ca
R5
P
Ca
L
R6
Ca
C
C
R7
C
T
C
Ca
L
T
T
C
R8
Ca
Ca
T
T
C
R9
Ta
Ca
C
C
Floor plan of “The Final Move”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.
Anna — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was in the same column as a tree
Bella — a woman with blond hair
She was beside a lamp
Cyrus — a man with white hair and a beard
He was beside a tree
Dalia — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was in the same column as a trash can and she was on a chair
Edison — a man with white hair
He was in the same row as a trash can and he was alone in the room and he was east of a tree (R3/C7)
Floyd — a man with blond hair and glasses
He was in the same column as a wooden crate and he was beside a door
Greta — a woman with black hair
She was beside a shelf
Hana — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was not beside a wall
The victim, Veronika, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
How Hard It Really Is
Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Anna: 12 possible tiles
Bella: 5 possible tiles
Cyrus: 6 possible tiles
Dalia: 2 possible tiles
Edison: 2 possible tiles
Floyd: 2 possible tiles
Greta: 3 possible tiles
Hana: 7 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Edison: only row 9 possible – blocked for others.
Dalia: only column 3 possible – blocked for others.
Floyd: only column 4 possible – blocked for others.
That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.
This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.