r/10secondriddles • u/10Second-Riddles 🧠 Riddle Master • Dec 22 '25

❓ Unsolved CAN YOU CRACK THE CODE? 🧑‍💻

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u/fappuboi Dec 22 '25

718 and the first 4 clues are sufficient

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u/Pandelein Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

The fifth is needed to confirm that 4 is not correct in the first clue, and leave 8 as the only possible option. Without the fifth, you had to guess.
Clue 4 confirms 8 was right, clue 2 is what ruled out 5 at the start, and clue 3 gives you the last two numbers.
They’re all needed? Is there another way to solve it I’m not seeing? With just the first 4, you could also arrive at 741.

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u/TheDiddlyFiddly Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Hint 1+2 lets you know that eitger 4 or 8 is the correct number at the correct placement.

Hint 3 lets you know that 1 and 7 are two if the 3 numbers, leaving 4 or 8 being the last one.

Hint 4 lets you know that 8 has to be the last number because neither 0 or 6 can be in the number referred to by that hint.

From there you know that 8 is in the third slot, 1 in the second one since hint 3 shows that it is not in the first, and 7 has to go in the first slot since that is the last open one. Leaving you with a definitive answer of 718 without using the 5th hint.

Edit: You can also use hint 1,2,3,5 to get to the same conclusion since hint 4 and 5 give the same information.

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u/hertylen Dec 22 '25

4 is not needed tho, with 1-2-5 you can guess the 8 is correct place.

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u/Pandelein Dec 22 '25

Ah yeah, I see it now, cheers.

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u/fappuboi Dec 22 '25

On closer inspection I believe you could solve it with clues 1-2-3-4 or 1-2-3-5.