Deduce #82 — November 4, 2026

Puzzle #82 · Wed, Nov 4

The sandlot

Dana is the one playing catcher.
The one in the gray cap is the one batting 3rd.
The one playing first base is earlier in the order than the one in the pink cap.
The one in the purple cap is earlier in the order than the one playing left field.
Earl is the one batting 4th.
Terry is exactly 2 spots after the one playing left field.

How scoring works

Every game on Noggin is marked out of 100, so a day adds up to one number. Here is how this one earns it.

Component	Effect
Solved on the first check	90
Solved on the second	80
Solved on the third	70
Finished in under 7 minutes	+10
Took more than 12 minutes	−10
Each hint taken	−8
Out of checks	Up to 25, for the cells you had right

A perfect Deduce — first check, no hints, inside seven minutes — is exactly 100. A careful eleven-minute solve is 90.

The clock only counts when you solve it. There is no reward for failing quickly, and a slowness penalty on top of a failure would be unkind.

The clock stops while you are reading this.

The same for every game, including streaks and how the day is totalled.