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How to Play Daily Number

Daily Number is a number-guessing puzzle: crack the hidden 4-digit number in 6 guesses. After every guess, the colors tell you exactly how close you are. Here are the rules and the strategy that solves it fastest.

1. The rules

Type a 4-digit guess and submit it. Each tile then turns one of three colors:

You have 6 rows. Use the color feedback from each guess to narrow down the answer before you run out.

2. Best strategy

1. Open with four different digits. A first guess like 1 2 3 4 (or 0 1 2 3) tests four numbers at once and gives you maximum information.
2. Test new digits on guess two. If your opener had few hits, play four different digits next (e.g. 5 6 7 8). Across two guesses you can probe 8 of the 10 possible digits.
3. Chase the yellows. A yellow digit is in the answer — just not there. Move it to a different slot next time to pin its position.
4. Cross off the grays. A gray digit is gone — never reuse it. This shrinks the search space fast.
5. Remember digits can repeat. If only three positions are solved and your remaining digits are all used up, the answer probably repeats a digit you already found.
6. Lock greens, then permute. Once a position is green, keep it fixed and rearrange the rest.

3. Daily challenge & streaks

Everyone worldwide gets the same number each day, so it's a fair daily test. Solve it every day to build a streak, and share your colored-grid result to challenge a friend — without spoiling the answer.

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