A separate line for younger solvers

Murdle Jr.

Murdle Jr. is the official younger-reader line. Its website provides daily sample puzzles and free printable activities, while the publisher gives age ranges for individual titles.

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.

Little, Brown lists Murdle Jr.: Summer Fun with ISBN 9780316602686, ages 8–12, and a price of $8.99 on the publisher page we checked. That price is the publisher's list price on the check date, not a store's sale price. Hachette's series page covers the Jr. minis.

murdlejr.com is the online home. It is not a skin of the adult daily. Teachers who want paper should use our original practice grids or a book they bought, not a scanned PDF.

Official Junior Detective Kit (PDF) — a free printable activity pack hosted by the official site.
Official Readers Theater (PDF) — a classroom deduction activity. We link the original; we do not mirror it.

Source: Little, Brown: Summer Fun. ISBN, age, list price. Accessed 2026-10-01.

Source: murdlejr.com. Online junior puzzles. Accessed 2026-10-01.

Questions and answers

What age is Murdle Jr.?

Summer Fun is listed for ages 8–12. Other Jr. titles can differ. Read the publisher line on the specific book.

Is the junior game free?

Samples on murdlejr.com are free to play. The books are sold.

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Original paper cases.