How to play
- Type any number of the puzzle's length and press Enter. The daily puzzle uses five
digits.
- Read the tiles:
- Green: right digit, right position.
- Yellow: the digit is in the code, in a different position.
- Gray: the digit is not in the code.
- Find the code within six guesses.
Repeated digits follow the same rule as repeated letters elsewhere on Tile Streak: each digit in the answer can only color one tile in your guess. If the code has one 7 and you guess two, only one of them lights up.
Why digits play differently from letters
A word game narrows down from roughly twenty six letters. A number game narrows down from only ten digits, but digits can repeat far more freely than letters usually do, and there is no vocabulary to lean on: no familiar prefixes, no common endings, nothing that makes one five-digit code feel more likely than another before you start. Every guess has to be pure deduction from the colors you have already seen.
That makes the early guesses matter in a different way than in a word game. Spreading your first guesses across different digits, rather than repeating the ones you like, tells you the most in the fewest tries.
Tips for the number game
Spread your digits early. A first guess and a second guess that share no digits between them cover eight of the ten possible digits in two tries, which narrows the field fast.
Track position separately from presence. A yellow tile tells you a digit belongs somewhere else in the code. Keep a mental note of where it has already failed rather than guessing at random.
Zero counts like any other digit. It can appear in any position, including the first, so do not rule it out of your opener by habit.
Use repeats deliberately, once you suspect one. If your found digits do not account for all five positions, the code likely repeats one of them.
Save your last guess for certainty, not a hunch. With one or two codes left that fit every clue, pick the guess that tells them apart rather than the one that feels right.
Do not assume digits behave like letters. There is no such thing as a common opening number the way THOSE or ADIEU work for letters. Every digit is equally likely at the start, so lean on coverage rather than a favorite first guess.
Why this suits practice as much as play
A number puzzle strips the game down to pure logic. There is no vocabulary to lean on and no familiar word shape to guess at, so every session is a clean test of how well you read colors and track what you already know. Players who use it as a warm up before the word games often find their letter guesses get sharper too, since the underlying skill, narrowing a field from clues, is the same either way.
Daily and unlimited
The Daily number puzzle is a five-digit code, the same for everyone today, and it counts toward your all-games streak. When you finish, share a grid of colors, with no digits in it.
Unlimited lets you choose a length from four to eight digits and deals a new code every time you finish. It never touches your streak and never uses an upcoming daily code.
More ways to play
- Five-letter daily for the classic letter version.
- Head-to-head duel if you want to race a friend on the same word.
- How to play for the full rules shared across every game here.