Shorter grids, clearer sentences

Games like Murdle for kids

Start with the official Murdle Jr. samples or an original small grid. The age range below applies to the named publisher edition, not to every puzzle or every child.

Original case-file illustration for an independent Murdle guide — Original case-file artwork made for this independent guide.

Original ink diagram of a deduction grid on a manila case file — Original diagram of the cross-reference grid. The live grid stays on murdle.com.

murdlejr.com for a sample in the browser.
Murdle Jr.: Summer Fun, ISBN 9780316602686, ages 8–12, list price $8.99 on the Little, Brown page.
Our original 3-by-3 practice puzzle, which uses none of the book text.
A blank grid and one sentence at a time, if you want to write your own case.

Source: murdlejr.com. Accessed 2026-10-01.

Source: Little, Brown. Age and ISBN. Accessed 2026-10-01.

Questions and answers

Is the adult daily appropriate?

It is a murder mystery with jokes. I use Jr. for elementary ages and I read a page before I hand it over.

Are your practice puzzles from the book?

No. I wrote them for this site.

Keep going

Murdle Jr.

The line itself.

Practice

Print one.