The LSAT Without Logic Games: The Current Format, Explained

The LSAT no longer has Logic Games. Starting with the August 2024 administration, LSAC removed the Analytical Reasoning section — the one with the ordering and grouping puzzles — and replaced it with a second scored Logical Reasoning section.

If you are seeing old prep books, courses, or YouTube tutorials built around setups, rule diagrams, and "who sits where" puzzles, that content is now out of date for the scored test. Logic Games are simply not on the exam anymore.

This guide lays out what the current LSAT actually contains, why the change makes Logical Reasoning the most important section by a wide margin, and how to adjust a study plan that may have been built for the old format.

The current LSAT has four multiple-choice sections delivered in one sitting: two scored Logical Reasoning sections, one scored Reading Comprehension section, and one unscored section that can be any of those types. There is also LSAT Writing, completed separately and not part of your scaled score.

Your scaled score (still reported on the familiar 120–180 band) comes from the three scored sections. Always confirm the current structure and timing on LSAC's official site before test day, since administrative details can change.

With two of the three scored sections devoted to Logical Reasoning, LR makes up roughly two-thirds of your scored questions. Under the old format, the three scored sections were split across LR, RC, and Logic Games, so LR carried about half. Its weight has effectively grown.

The practical consequence is simple: improvement in Logical Reasoning now moves your score more than ever. Skills like spotting assumptions, naming flaws, and handling conditional logic pay off twice per test, not once.

If you have limited study time, Logical Reasoning is where the highest-leverage hours go. Reading Comprehension still counts for a full scored section, so it is not optional — but LR is the engine of the modern test.

Stop spending time on Logic Games drills. Any hours you would have spent learning game setups should be reallocated to Logical Reasoning question types and Reading Comprehension passages.

Rebalance toward LR fundamentals: conditional logic, necessary and sufficient assumptions, flaw recognition, and inference. These reappear across both scored LR sections, so the return on mastering them has roughly doubled.

Do not neglect Reading Comprehension. It is now one of three scored sections instead of one of four, so each RC question carries slightly more weight than it used to. Treat RC and LR as the two pillars of your plan.

The test still includes one unscored section, used to pretest new questions. It can be an extra Logical Reasoning or Reading Comprehension section, and it is not labeled — you cannot reliably tell which section does not count.

Because you cannot identify it, the only safe strategy is to treat every section as if it is scored and give each your full effort. Trying to guess which one is experimental wastes attention you need for the real sections.

This is also why stamina matters: you are doing four multiple-choice sections, and fatigue in a later section can cost you on a scored one. Practicing full-length tests builds the endurance the format demands.

The biggest mistake right now is studying from outdated material. A lot of older, even highly rated, prep is organized around Logic Games. Make sure any course, book, or question bank you use reflects the post-August-2024 format.

The second mistake is under-weighting Logical Reasoning. Some students still split their time as though LR were one section among three different types. With two scored LR sections, LR deserves the largest share of your prep.

The third is assuming the test got easier. Removing Logic Games did not lower the bar — it shifted the weight onto reasoning and reading, which for many students are the harder sections to move. The format changed; the rigor did not.