How to play NumGrid

NumGrid is a daily 5-digit number puzzle. You have six guesses to find the hidden number. The catch that makes NumGrid different from a pure “number Wordle”: you get two free hints every day — the digit sum, and whether the number is odd or even.

The puzzle

Every day, NumGrid picks a hidden 5-digit number. The digits can repeat. The number can start with zero. The only puzzles we exclude are trivial patterns — no all-same-digit (like 77777), no pure ascending or descending sequences (like 12345 or 98765).

The two free hints

Above the guess grid, every puzzle shows:

• Digit sum — the sum of all 5 digits (range 0–45). If you see “Digits sum to 7,” you know the digits add up to 7 — which dramatically constrains the possibilities.
• Parity — whether the full number is odd or even. This tells you the last digit’s parity (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 = even; 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 = odd).

These hints are free — they don’t cost a guess. Use them to narrow the search before your first guess.

Making a guess

1. Type a 5-digit number using the on-screen keypad or your physical keyboard.
2. Press Enter to submit, or Backspace to delete.
3. Each digit lights up green, yellow, or gray after you submit.

Reading the feedback

• Green — correct digit in the correct position.
• Yellow — that digit IS in the number, but in a different position.
• Gray — that digit is not in the number at all.

Standard Wordle rules apply for repeated digits: if the answer has one 3 and you guess two 3s, only one of yours will light up (green or yellow), and the other will be gray.

Winning and losing

• Win — you guess the exact number within 6 tries. Your streak goes up.
• Lose — 6 wrong guesses, the answer is revealed; streak resets but win-rate and play count still update.

Daily reset

A new puzzle releases every day at 00:00 UTC (4:00 PM Pacific the previous day; 7:00 PM Eastern the previous day; midnight London).

Sharing your result

After you finish, tap Share on the result screen — NumGrid copies a Wordle-style emoji grid (one row per guess) to your clipboard. Paste anywhere.

A worked example

Hint says: digits sum to 8, number is even.

That means: 5 digits that add to 8 (a tight constraint — most digits must be 0, 1, 2), and the last digit must be 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8. Knowing the digit sum is 8, the last digit probably isn’t 6 or 8 (would leave only 0-2 for the other four digits, very restrictive). Good opener: 10250 — sum is 8, ends in 0, gives information on five distinct digits.

Ready? Open today’s puzzle →

Want deeper tactics? Read the NumGrid strategy guide.