Archive · Puzzle #46
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
NumGrid
Puzzle #46 (Tuesday, July 7, 2026) is an early-week NumGrid — Monday and Tuesday puzzles are calibrated for shorter solve times and smaller-digit-length targets (4-digit instead of 5). The target avoids repeated-digit edge cases that complicate the per-digit feedback rule, and the expected number of guesses for a competent solver falls in the 3-4 range rather than the 4-5 range of harder days.
Early-month NumGrid puzzles are useful anchors for new players starting a daily streak from a clean date. Puzzle #46 fits in the continuous archive numbering and the early-month puzzles make natural restart points.
Related puzzles & strategy
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How to solve any NumGrid in fewer guesses
Use the digit sum to narrow candidates fast
Read odd/even clues to halve the search space