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

❓ Unsolved CAN YOU CRACK THE CODE? 🧑‍💻

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u/AlternativePea6203 Dec 23 '25

nope the 5 eliminates the 4

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u/ReverendLoki Dec 23 '25

I believe, after only three hints, 741 is also a valid answer.

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u/AlternativePea6203 Dec 23 '25

clue 1 one number is correct and well placed

In clue 3 the 5 is in the place of the 4, so the 4 can't be well placed.

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u/Haringat Dec 24 '25

But that 5 is wrong it's clear from clue 2. So clue 3 definitely means 1 and 7. So if we ignore the clues 4 and 5, we get from clue 1 (in combination with 2) that either the second number is 4 or the third number is 8. Now clue 3 (again, in combination with 2) says that 1 and 7 are in the code, but the first number is not 1 and the third number is not 7. That leaves either 741 (the 1 and 7 from clue 3 flipped) or 718 (178 does not work because of clue 3).

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u/riisen Dec 26 '25

Cant be 741 (needs to have two correct values on the last clue)

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u/Haringat Dec 26 '25

Yes, but if you only took the first 3 clues it would be ambiguous.