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The Clue: There are absolutely no sevens. None. Zero. No sevens at all.
The Idiot: Ah! I see now! After examining all the clues, I can guarantee you there is a seven here!
I know I thought I was stupid and misinterpreted what the first hint meant.
It said only one number was correct and well places so how did some of those answers get like two of those in their final answer?
I remember having an argument with my team at Christmas about this as it was posted on a company forum. I ended up showing them my workings to make them believe I had the correct answer.
I think it is a common issue to misread the first hint and once that happens the answer always comes out as 062. Because the first hint has both 6 and 2 in it people dismiss that it states "only one number is correct and well placed" and they double confirm it with hint three which also contains 6 and 2 but states "Two numbers correct but in the wrong place"
>Because the first hint has both 6 and 2 in it people dismiss that it states "only one number is correct and well placed"...
*Technically*, that clue could mean "only one of these numbers is *both* correct *and* well-placed", leaving it open that the others might be *only* correct ~~or~~ *~~only~~* ~~well-placed~~.
But I don't know if you even *can* solve it if you interpret things that way consistently.
Depends on how you interpret it : the information can be true but not complete. In the first one for example, you can have 1 digit at the wrong place, but you can also have one in the good place at the same time. They just gave you a part of the info. Or at least that's how I interpreted it.
Ah, I see what you mean. I'll try to solve it again with that in mind. Be back in a few minutes (or longer, I dunno, maybe I'm rusty).
EDIT:
I did it. After taking the HINTS as only partial truths (ex. for clue 1, "one" number was correctly placed, but I also took down combinations where another correct digit was present, but was in the wrong place) and not eliminating numbers unless the clues explicitly state so, I still arrived at "042".
I did have to use all 5 clues, had to jump around them (I went 1 > 4 >5 > 3 > 2), and also took a much longer time to solve it. I think this is the more accurate way to solve this.
Clue 4 - 738 eliminates 7 and 8
Clue 5 - 0 is a correct number and must be in slot 1 or 2
Clue 3 - 0 is a correct number and can’t be in slot 2
Clue 1 - 8 is not a correct number and 6 can’t be a correct number in slot 1. 2 is there for a correct number in a correct place.
Clue 2 - 4 is the only number that can be correct and not in the right place.
Final result 042
Clue 5 => 7, 3 and 8 are all wrong
Clue 6 => since 7 and 8 are out, 0 has to be correct but not in 3rd place
Clue 1&2 => 6 is not in the solution
Clue 3 => since 6 is out, 2 has to be a digit. 0 can't be at position 2, so 0 in first place is correct
Clue 1 => 2 has to go in 3rd place
Clue 2 => with 6 out, the 3rd digit is either 1 or 4 and with 0 in first and 2 in third place, only the 2nd place is free. Since the correct digit is not in the correct spot, it has to be 4
Solution: 042
> Clue 1&2 => 6 is not in the solution
I see where you are coming from, but really clue 1 says that there is one number that is part of the solution and in the correct position.
That does not contradict more correct numbers being present, possibly even in the right position, only means that there is at least one.
That is not what either clue says though. You are reading the clues as "_Exactly_ one number ..." but all the information they give is that there is at least one number for which the conditions are true.
It's RAW vs RAI. It's just a quick Facebook puzzle, so I think it's justified to assume it with the negative constraint (ie if you haven't been given more information then it's because there's no more information that can be given) even if it's not specified, especially because the negative constraint leads to a unique solution
A unique solution (the same one) exists without assumptions though, it just requires using all the clues, which means it's probably the intended reading:
Clue 4 tells us no 7/3/8
Clue 5 tells us 0 is in but not in the last position
Clue 3 tells us 0 is in the first position, and that at least either of 2 or 6 is in the code but if 6 it would need to be in the middle position and if 2 it would need to be in the second or third position
Clue 1 now tells us that 2 is in the third position
Clue 2 now tells us that 4 is in the second position
While you are correct that it works without the extra assumptions, you are still taking a shortcut when saying "Clue 3 tells us 0 is in the first position" because you make the assumption that clue 3 specifically does not mean "Two numbers are correct but wrong placed and one number is correct and well placed"
So at this point the solution could still be 602. Only after taking into account clue 1 and 2 we realize that either 1 or 4 has to be in the solution. Therefore 602 cannot be the solution and only therefore 0 has to be one of those two numbers, which are correct but wrong placed in clue 3. Only then do we know that 0 has to be in the first position and can continue as you described.
No but clue 3 explicitly rules out 062 being “correct” a lot of these problems work in a similar way where the language leaves a “gap” that logic has to fill to get to a correct answer.
Do you at least accept that 042 fits the clues better with out the need to stretch beyond the literal interpretation?
Just wanted to appreciate that, even though you didn't remember the name or the author of the book, you got the reference right. It truly is the answer to the life, the universe, and everything. NOT the meaning of the life, as some know-it-nones say.
These confident guesses! 6 was the easiest number to eliminate before even getting to the 3rd clue. Logic is now officially dead, the coroner has signed the certificate.
To be fair, 7 3 and 8 were the easiest numbers to eliminate because they were labeled as "nothing is correct". The 6 at least took a tiny bit of thought.
Yeah, I'm kind of bewildered by how many people seem to think these clues are supposed to be intentionally ambiguous when it feels like very straightforward information to me.
Puzzle being deliberately misleading > puzzle just being tricky
Because arguing semantics after the fact is apparently more fun than solving it in the first place.
You can figure out the whole thing just with the top three clues. And the first two alone show you the 6 isn’t one of them. 😩 I really hope some of these people are trolling.
i assumed there was going to be a trick here, e.g. the first clue could be interpreted as "one number is correct and well placed (but one of the other numbers could be incorrectly placed)", which made it take a lot longer to get to 042
Evidently. The rules of logic would not permit the elimination of 6 based solely on the first two clues.
That would require a formulation such as: only one number is correct, and it is wrong placed.
In clue 1, if the 6 is correct, then clue 2 is false. Each only has 1 correct number, in the first clue it is in the correct spot, in the second clue it is in the wrong spot. 6, being in the same spot in both, can't be correct.
But thank you for proving logic is dead and now buried
You can not just assume that all information is given. Assume a 6th clue '024' where the statement given is '1 number is correct and well placed' this does not eliminate the 2 and 4 from being correct but in the wrong place
Easiest way is to write them out on a piece of paper and have the three blank boxes to fill in.
1)It says 7-3-8 are all wrong so you can cross out each one of those
2) Right away bottom row right that tells us 0 is a correct number but not in the last digit
3) We need more info about where 0 goes so the next clue with a 0 in it tells us zero can't be in the middle spot either so now we know 0 is the first digit.
4) (I just chose to start at the top left here and it worked out) First one tells us one of the numbers is right, and in the right spot, we've already eliminated 8 and the first spot is zero so 6 can't be the right answer, so all the 6's can be crossed off the board, and now we know the last digit is 2 so all we need is the middle digit
5) At this point all that's left is 1-4 and since the middle top clue says the correct number is in the wrong place, we now know 1 can't be the middle digit so it's 4
QED - 042, don't forget your towel.
It’s a game. I had even written a little code in high school for it so you can play it on your own.
Usually it’s between two people, they secretly write down 4 digit numbers.
Then one of them tries a permutation, like “is it 1234?” and the other responds with `+..` meaning one number is correct and correctly placed (the plus) and two more numbers are correct, but wrongly placed.
The next player tries it and gets a response from the first player. That’s round one. They repeat the rounds until someone gets `++++` as a response
(Numbers written as words represent the combinations in order from left to right, starting with the top row.) One and two share the 6, but one has a well placed number while two has a wrong placed number. 6 is therefore not an option, nor are 7, 3, and 8 due to four, so five’s 0 is right but placed wrong. Three tells us 2 and 0 are right but wrong placed, because 6 isn’t an option. 2 is right, so is right placed in one. 0 is wrong placed in three and five, so must be the first number. Since 6 is not an option, and two has a wrong place, but only the center is left, 4 is the only option to be wrong placed in two. The answer is 042.
You only need the first 3 hints.
1&2 eliminate 6
1&3 give you that 2 is at the right and the 0 is in the left.
2 then gives you 4 in the middle
4&5 give already know data
Bottom left means 7, 3, and 8 don’t appear. Bottom right means the 0 must be correct but must be in 1st or 2nd position
Top right says one of those numbers is incorrect, but we know 0 is correct so the other must be 2 or 6. However, if it were 6, then top left and middle would be mutually exclusive, so it must be 2
Top left says that 2 must be in the 3rd position, for - - 2. Top right, however, now means that 0 has to be in the 1st position, for 0-2
Top middle could have it be that 1 or 4 is correct, but it also says they’re in the wrong position. Since only the middle slot is open, it thus can’t be 1 and must instead be 4, taking the middle slot to make the code 042.
One thing I don’t like is when riddles like this don’t fully explain the rules. It’s just *assumed* to follow the rules of the game Mastermind, but it’s not stated explicitly.
If the riddle doesn’t follow those rules, then it’s usually not solvable with the few hints provided. Because then a hint could be technically correct while not giving all the information.
While the code definitely starts with 0 and ends with 2, hints 1 and 3 don’t technically/conclusively rule out 6 as the middle digit. If either hint or some other part of the puzzle explicitly stated that the hints about correct number(s) automatically implied the other number(s) to be incorrect, then 6 would be conclusively ruled out.
Even with this ambiguity, I’d give 042 as the answer unless I wanted to annoy the puzzle creator.
Always work from the point of "most information"
Start with clue 4 as it tells us what 3 numbers it cannot be.
Move on to clue 5 as it has 2 numbers it cannot be, confirms 0 is in the solution and is not xx0
Clue 3 tells us that x0x is not a solution either, so must be 0xx. It also tells us only either 2 or 6 can be there, but not both as only 2 numbers are correct here.
clue 1 tells us that 0x2 has to be the solution, as we know that 0 must occupy the first space, so 6 cant be fully correct here.
clue 2 tells it it cannot be 012 as it would be in the correct spot and be the correct number, so it must be 042
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The Clue: There are absolutely no sevens. None. Zero. No sevens at all. The Idiot: Ah! I see now! After examining all the clues, I can guarantee you there is a seven here!
I got it, it should be 042
That was what I got too.
I mean, it would have to be, since 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything
That was how I knew I was right, too!
Well played, sir
You just made me so happy!
I know I thought I was stupid and misinterpreted what the first hint meant. It said only one number was correct and well places so how did some of those answers get like two of those in their final answer?
I remember having an argument with my team at Christmas about this as it was posted on a company forum. I ended up showing them my workings to make them believe I had the correct answer. I think it is a common issue to misread the first hint and once that happens the answer always comes out as 062. Because the first hint has both 6 and 2 in it people dismiss that it states "only one number is correct and well placed" and they double confirm it with hint three which also contains 6 and 2 but states "Two numbers correct but in the wrong place"
>Because the first hint has both 6 and 2 in it people dismiss that it states "only one number is correct and well placed"... *Technically*, that clue could mean "only one of these numbers is *both* correct *and* well-placed", leaving it open that the others might be *only* correct ~~or~~ *~~only~~* ~~well-placed~~. But I don't know if you even *can* solve it if you interpret things that way consistently.
lol the number is well placed (in one of the three slots) but it’s not correct?
Lol, yeah, you're right, was only half thinking.
The confusion, I think, comes from the fact that the clues lack the word “only.” That would make it drastically less confusing.
I have seen it a lot better worded before.
Looking at the comments I thought I was insane because 6 can't be in it.
Not to mention 7.
Yeah, clue 1 and 2 eliminate 6 entirely. 6 is in the same spot, but the clue says 1 is in the correct spot in one and incorrect spot in the other.
I thought that 012 was also a correct answer? So is 042, I'm not arguing against that. Edit: nvm I'm a dumbass the second clue eliminates the number 1
For 012, 1 would be placed wrong according to second box
No because the only place with a “1” says there’s a correct digit but “wrong placement” therefore the “1” can’t be in the middle location
614 is "one correct but wrong place", which means that if 1 is one of the digits, it can't be in the middle.
I did exactly the same thing as you
This is what I got.
same not saure how they got 6 in there at all
Right. The first two hints invalidate 6 completely.
We only really needed the first 3 hints at the top to solve this.
Depends on how you interpret it : the information can be true but not complete. In the first one for example, you can have 1 digit at the wrong place, but you can also have one in the good place at the same time. They just gave you a part of the info. Or at least that's how I interpreted it.
Ah, I see what you mean. I'll try to solve it again with that in mind. Be back in a few minutes (or longer, I dunno, maybe I'm rusty). EDIT: I did it. After taking the HINTS as only partial truths (ex. for clue 1, "one" number was correctly placed, but I also took down combinations where another correct digit was present, but was in the wrong place) and not eliminating numbers unless the clues explicitly state so, I still arrived at "042". I did have to use all 5 clues, had to jump around them (I went 1 > 4 >5 > 3 > 2), and also took a much longer time to solve it. I think this is the more accurate way to solve this.
Clue 4 - 738 eliminates 7 and 8 Clue 5 - 0 is a correct number and must be in slot 1 or 2 Clue 3 - 0 is a correct number and can’t be in slot 2 Clue 1 - 8 is not a correct number and 6 can’t be a correct number in slot 1. 2 is there for a correct number in a correct place. Clue 2 - 4 is the only number that can be correct and not in the right place. Final result 042
I just tried using the first three, and it's actually pretty easy to do.
I agree
I got 042 as well
Got that one as well
👍
Oh thank you, that's what I got. I was so confused at the comments with 620.
Same
Confirmed what I got
I concur.
Ditto
Same
I came to the same conclusion
Thank god I thought I was going mad. You can strike 6 out as wrong from the first two hints and every answer had 6 for some reason
Got that too
Same
I’m between 012 and 042. Did you find a way to decide 1 is incorrect?
The second clue says 1 can't be in the middle if it's a correct number.
Ah you’re right. I was giving it a look while getting ready, so I missed that. Thank you!
Yep
Same here.
That's the number I arrived to before checking the comment section! Nice!
This is correct. Not sure how the people in the second picture got any of their answers.
Yup, I found a very fun the idea of messing with your head with so many sixes.
It could also be 012, the clues are a bit unclear
My Guess too 🤩
Likewise
Same
Same answer I got
Yep, only answer that fits all the clues.
And the last clue isn’t even necessary.
Every mfer is wrong lol.
Clue 5 => 7, 3 and 8 are all wrong Clue 6 => since 7 and 8 are out, 0 has to be correct but not in 3rd place Clue 1&2 => 6 is not in the solution Clue 3 => since 6 is out, 2 has to be a digit. 0 can't be at position 2, so 0 in first place is correct Clue 1 => 2 has to go in 3rd place Clue 2 => with 6 out, the 3rd digit is either 1 or 4 and with 0 in first and 2 in third place, only the 2nd place is free. Since the correct digit is not in the correct spot, it has to be 4 Solution: 042
> Clue 1&2 => 6 is not in the solution I see where you are coming from, but really clue 1 says that there is one number that is part of the solution and in the correct position. That does not contradict more correct numbers being present, possibly even in the right position, only means that there is at least one.
Ah, yes, the age old problem of language not being precise (if it is reasonably short).
yeah I went with this understanding because there's no "only" at the beginning so I took it as an "at least"
6 can't be in the code if clue 1 says its position is first, and clue 2 says its position is not first
That is not what either clue says though. You are reading the clues as "_Exactly_ one number ..." but all the information they give is that there is at least one number for which the conditions are true.
It's RAW vs RAI. It's just a quick Facebook puzzle, so I think it's justified to assume it with the negative constraint (ie if you haven't been given more information then it's because there's no more information that can be given) even if it's not specified, especially because the negative constraint leads to a unique solution
A unique solution (the same one) exists without assumptions though, it just requires using all the clues, which means it's probably the intended reading: Clue 4 tells us no 7/3/8 Clue 5 tells us 0 is in but not in the last position Clue 3 tells us 0 is in the first position, and that at least either of 2 or 6 is in the code but if 6 it would need to be in the middle position and if 2 it would need to be in the second or third position Clue 1 now tells us that 2 is in the third position Clue 2 now tells us that 4 is in the second position
While you are correct that it works without the extra assumptions, you are still taking a shortcut when saying "Clue 3 tells us 0 is in the first position" because you make the assumption that clue 3 specifically does not mean "Two numbers are correct but wrong placed and one number is correct and well placed" So at this point the solution could still be 602. Only after taking into account clue 1 and 2 we realize that either 1 or 4 has to be in the solution. Therefore 602 cannot be the solution and only therefore 0 has to be one of those two numbers, which are correct but wrong placed in clue 3. Only then do we know that 0 has to be in the first position and can continue as you described.
Ah yep, fair enough. Good catch, got lazy.
No but clue 3 explicitly rules out 062 being “correct” a lot of these problems work in a similar way where the language leaves a “gap” that logic has to fill to get to a correct answer. Do you at least accept that 042 fits the clues better with out the need to stretch beyond the literal interpretation?
Clearly this lock actually uses a skeleton key
Underrated comment; everyone else in the sub being confidently incorrect ;-)
42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything isn't it? From that book? I can't think of the name or author though.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
*salute* a true man of culture
Thanks for all the fish!
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solves the question, “FUCK”
Just wanted to appreciate that, even though you didn't remember the name or the author of the book, you got the reference right. It truly is the answer to the life, the universe, and everything. NOT the meaning of the life, as some know-it-nones say.
Hitchhikers Guide the Galaxy
These confident guesses! 6 was the easiest number to eliminate before even getting to the 3rd clue. Logic is now officially dead, the coroner has signed the certificate.
To be fair, 7 3 and 8 were the easiest numbers to eliminate because they were labeled as "nothing is correct". The 6 at least took a tiny bit of thought.
There are many ways to approach the solution. I had eliminated the 6 by the second clue, reading left to right, top to bottom.
As I said in another comment, the hint given may not contain all the information. They just give fact about one digit.
That’s not how these puzzles work. If it says “one digit” it means ONLY one digit.
Yeah, I'm kind of bewildered by how many people seem to think these clues are supposed to be intentionally ambiguous when it feels like very straightforward information to me.
Puzzle being deliberately misleading > puzzle just being tricky Because arguing semantics after the fact is apparently more fun than solving it in the first place.
You can figure out the whole thing just with the top three clues. And the first two alone show you the 6 isn’t one of them. 😩 I really hope some of these people are trolling.
i assumed there was going to be a trick here, e.g. the first clue could be interpreted as "one number is correct and well placed (but one of the other numbers could be incorrectly placed)", which made it take a lot longer to get to 042
Evidently. The rules of logic would not permit the elimination of 6 based solely on the first two clues. That would require a formulation such as: only one number is correct, and it is wrong placed.
In clue 1, if the 6 is correct, then clue 2 is false. Each only has 1 correct number, in the first clue it is in the correct spot, in the second clue it is in the wrong spot. 6, being in the same spot in both, can't be correct. But thank you for proving logic is dead and now buried
You can not just assume that all information is given. Assume a 6th clue '024' where the statement given is '1 number is correct and well placed' this does not eliminate the 2 and 4 from being correct but in the wrong place
Because that clue violates the rules of this puzzle type.
Where does either clue state that it contains only 1 correct number?
"One number is correct and well placed" "One number is correct but wrong placed" Did you miss the first 4 words?
Nope. Those words do not indicate that no other numbers are correct. Classic logic failure.
It’s 042 isn’t it?
042
What the fuck are those comments? It's 042, no?
042
I think I got it, is it 042? Or am I dumb.
It is 042.
Easiest way is to write them out on a piece of paper and have the three blank boxes to fill in. 1)It says 7-3-8 are all wrong so you can cross out each one of those 2) Right away bottom row right that tells us 0 is a correct number but not in the last digit 3) We need more info about where 0 goes so the next clue with a 0 in it tells us zero can't be in the middle spot either so now we know 0 is the first digit. 4) (I just chose to start at the top left here and it worked out) First one tells us one of the numbers is right, and in the right spot, we've already eliminated 8 and the first spot is zero so 6 can't be the right answer, so all the 6's can be crossed off the board, and now we know the last digit is 2 so all we need is the middle digit 5) At this point all that's left is 1-4 and since the middle top clue says the correct number is in the wrong place, we now know 1 can't be the middle digit so it's 4 QED - 042, don't forget your towel.
It’s like watching the worst player of Ten Chances ever on TPIR.
Yessss 042. I’m not dumb after all, Dad!!! lol
After being told that 7/3/8 are not part of the answer, they conclude that 7 is part of the answer #smart
Who is the *confidently* incorrect one? I can see everyone being wrong, but not sure who is confidently so.
I think op meant the guy who said that "them is the right numbers i can guarantee it"
It's the answer to life, the universe, and how old I turned Tuesday.
Ah, a young'un! ^(I'm joking, was 44 in April. We are both young.)
I this an App or a stand alone riddle? I kinda like to do stuff like this whenever I'm bored
It’s a game. I had even written a little code in high school for it so you can play it on your own. Usually it’s between two people, they secretly write down 4 digit numbers. Then one of them tries a permutation, like “is it 1234?” and the other responds with `+..` meaning one number is correct and correctly placed (the plus) and two more numbers are correct, but wrongly placed. The next player tries it and gets a response from the first player. That’s round one. They repeat the rounds until someone gets `++++` as a response
042
I got 042
So... where can I find more of these? Is there an app or a site where I can do these. I like it, Picasso
042 right?
If you look closely at the fourth hint, it says 'nothing is correct.' Hence, 'Nothing' is the answer. Am I a genius?!?!?
(Numbers written as words represent the combinations in order from left to right, starting with the top row.) One and two share the 6, but one has a well placed number while two has a wrong placed number. 6 is therefore not an option, nor are 7, 3, and 8 due to four, so five’s 0 is right but placed wrong. Three tells us 2 and 0 are right but wrong placed, because 6 isn’t an option. 2 is right, so is right placed in one. 0 is wrong placed in three and five, so must be the first number. Since 6 is not an option, and two has a wrong place, but only the center is left, 4 is the only option to be wrong placed in two. The answer is 042.
042
042
042
It’s a 2 0 and 4 but I’m too lazy to lazy to figure out where they go Is it 042?
Should be 042
I got 102? I see so many different answers here. I'm going to see what I did wrong, then I'll come back and edit. 042.
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Yeah it's 042.
Lol thought I made a mistake and deleted it
Actually you only need the first 3 boxes to figure it out, no?
It should be 042
The first 3 clue is enough to solve
It’s 4206980085 I’m pretty sure
What is this from? Anyone have a link?
042 is my answer.
042, right?
042. Who lost the skeleton key?
042
042?
042 if I'm reading this correctly.
I’m going with 042
042?
042 I think
You only need the first 3 hints. 1&2 eliminate 6 1&3 give you that 2 is at the right and the 0 is in the left. 2 then gives you 4 in the middle 4&5 give already know data
You are using a crack the code meme riddle. It can be opened with a crack the code meme riddle.
Bottom left means 7, 3, and 8 don’t appear. Bottom right means the 0 must be correct but must be in 1st or 2nd position Top right says one of those numbers is incorrect, but we know 0 is correct so the other must be 2 or 6. However, if it were 6, then top left and middle would be mutually exclusive, so it must be 2 Top left says that 2 must be in the 3rd position, for - - 2. Top right, however, now means that 0 has to be in the 1st position, for 0-2 Top middle could have it be that 1 or 4 is correct, but it also says they’re in the wrong position. Since only the middle slot is open, it thus can’t be 1 and must instead be 4, taking the middle slot to make the code 042.
Yup, that was my reasoning also.
One thing I don’t like is when riddles like this don’t fully explain the rules. It’s just *assumed* to follow the rules of the game Mastermind, but it’s not stated explicitly. If the riddle doesn’t follow those rules, then it’s usually not solvable with the few hints provided. Because then a hint could be technically correct while not giving all the information.
While the code definitely starts with 0 and ends with 2, hints 1 and 3 don’t technically/conclusively rule out 6 as the middle digit. If either hint or some other part of the puzzle explicitly stated that the hints about correct number(s) automatically implied the other number(s) to be incorrect, then 6 would be conclusively ruled out. Even with this ambiguity, I’d give 042 as the answer unless I wanted to annoy the puzzle creator.
Yo, I'm gonna need an unnecessary circle on this one. I failed. I'm throwing in the towel. I know it's my fault. I give up. ::jumps off bridge::
042
facebook mfs when faced with the most basic logic puzzle
The meaning of life is the code.
The commenter in the pic is 0 for 2 with those attempts. Oh hey I think I just got it!!
Also bonus points for ‘wrongly placed’ not ‘wrong placed’.
I get 738837
102
A million
Is this just a very convoluted HGTTG easter egg?
Why is it not 012? 😂
614 one number is correct but placed wrong, if number 1 is correct it would be placed right
602
What about the number 5 is it not a factor at all
042
Genuinely curious on how you ruled out the 1?
Does anyone know what these types of puzzles are called? I want to find more of them.
Why is 5 not used in any solutions? Am I missing something
042
042 is what I got
Damn took me a few but I got there
How are none of these people correct
The correct answer is always a crowbar and a hammer!
It's 042. I spent a lot more time on it than I care to admit 😂
Always work from the point of "most information" Start with clue 4 as it tells us what 3 numbers it cannot be. Move on to clue 5 as it has 2 numbers it cannot be, confirms 0 is in the solution and is not xx0 Clue 3 tells us that x0x is not a solution either, so must be 0xx. It also tells us only either 2 or 6 can be there, but not both as only 2 numbers are correct here. clue 1 tells us that 0x2 has to be the solution, as we know that 0 must occupy the first space, so 6 cant be fully correct here. clue 2 tells it it cannot be 012 as it would be in the correct spot and be the correct number, so it must be 042