The CEO's Office Murdoku Case Guide & Walkthrough Tips

The CEO's Office — Murdoku Expert Case Guide

An expert 16×16 Murdoku case with sixteen characters and five office owners. Work through ownership, gender, and relative-position constraints with thirteen progressive hints before revealing the solved board.

Difficulty
Expert
Grid Size
16 × 16
Official Link
Play on murdoku.com ->
Printable PDF
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Scene

The workplace spans four private offices, the CEO's office, cubicles, a conference room, a hallway, a kitchen, and the front desk. Vincent is the victim; each of the five office owners must occupy their own office.

Key Mechanic

Combine office ownership with the unique female owner's relationships, count owners west or south of a character, and reserve groups of rows and columns before placing individuals.

General Clues

  • There are five office owners. All owners occupy their own office, including the CEO.
  • The CEO may be referred to as both "the CEO" or an "office owner".

Suspects & Clues

Every suspect card is shown below. Use these clues together with the grid constraints to deduce positions.

Color guide:Red = femaleBlue = male

Aylin portrait
Aylin

She was beside a trash can. She was in the same area as the only woman office owner.

Beatriz portrait
Beatriz

She was in the Cubicles area. She was not with Flora or Kaleb.

Carter portrait
Carter

He was not sitting in a chair. He was with the CEO.

Dillard portrait
Dillard

He was beside a plant.

Esther portrait
Esther

She was sitting in a chair in an Office. She was not in the CEO's Office.

Flora portrait
Flora

She was exactly one row south of an office owner.

Grant portrait
Grant

He was sitting in a chair in the top row.

Hans portrait
Hans

His column was not adjacent to Dillard's column.

Irene portrait
Irene

She was in the Hallway. Only one office owner was south of her.

Jolly portrait
Jolly

There were exactly three office owners who were west of her.

Kaleb portrait
Kaleb

He was beside a shelf.

Leroy portrait
Leroy

He was in the bottom row. He was not sitting in a chair.

Monica portrait
Monica

She was alone in the Conference room.

Nina portrait
Nina

She was not in the Cubicles area.

Omar portrait
Omar

He was in the Kitchen with Aylin or Jolly, who was sitting in a chair.

Vincent portrait
VincentVictim

The Victim. He was alone with the murderer.

Regions

HallwayConference RoomCubiclesOffice AOffice BCEO's OfficeOffice DOffice CKitchenFront Desk

How to Play & Walkthrough Tips

Open the official case and use the strategy tips from this guide to work through the clues. Remember: place suspects only when forced, respect row and column constraints, and find the murderer last.

Open Official Case ->View case hint

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