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Hello again and welcome to another puzzle. Solve it for a chance to win:
In case you're new to puzzles, usually the objective is to obtain the unique 5 characters code of a private giveaway:
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/XXXXX/
Find the code consisting of three letters and two numbers. Each character is used just once.
Solution
Lets find the code consisting of three letters and two numbers. Each character is repeated once.
Let's start with Clue #5, and delete all the incorrect characters from the other clues.
Clue #1
We now know that one letter between D and k is correct, and we already found one of the correct numbers, and its correct placement:
?5??? D/k
Clue #2
Either
x
orJ
is correct, and either1
or7
is correct.?5??? D/k x/J 1/7
Clue #3
Either
a
orG
is correct.Either
7
or5
is correct. But we already know from from Clue #1 that5
is correct, which means that7
is wrong.But according to Clue #2 only one between
1
and7
is correct, this means that the only other correct number is1
.We found all the numbers. Let's focus on positioning later. We still need to confirm three missing letters.
?5??? D/k x/J a/G (1)
Clue #4
One letter between
J
andP
is correct.One number between
1
and3
is correct and well placed. We already confirmed that the correct number is1
, so now we also know its position.?51?? D/k x/J a/G J/P
Let's focus on the letters. We're now left with these four options, and no more clues:
D/k a/G x/J J/P
We know we must find only three letters, and that's why we can determine that
J
is of these three. Not simply because it's a repeated option in two clues, but because any other choice would leave us with four possible available letters.This is how we determine that
J
must be one of the three letters we're looking for.?51?? D/k a/G (J)
Going back to Clue #1, either
D
ork
is the right letter, in the correct position. But the third character, where the letterD
would be,is already taken by the number
1
, which leaves us with the letterk
, in the fifth spot.?51?k a/G (J)
Going back to Clue #4, we know the correct letter is
J
, but we also know it's misplaced, so it doesn't belong in the fourth spot.The only other free spot for this letter is the first one.
J51?k a/G
Going back to Clue #3, either
a
orG
is the right letter, in the wrong position.If
G
was the right letter, it would contradict the hint about the position, since the only spot left is the fourth, which leaves us with the lettera
as our only possibility.At this point you could also bruteforce the last character, but as you can see, it can still be found with facts and logic.
J51ak
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