# Thoughts on Puzzle 26 : NUMBERS GAME **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** hack-the-galaxy\ **Created:** [August 15, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649 "2022-08-15T01:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tinaclya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@Tinaclya](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Tinaclya)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/1 "2022-08-15T01:53:24Z")
I just solved it, I didn’t get all the letters (yet) but it’s possible to guess the answer with just a few letters. And of course I didn’t need this item to solve this puzzle 😉 I really liked this puzzle, I think I prefer numbers to letters. ---
**Author:** ![Nacious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/nacious/32/19831_2.png) [@Nacious](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Nacious)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/2 "2022-08-15T04:31:14Z")
Can you use two-decimal numbers or just numbers 1-9? ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sunshine22](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Sunshine22)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/3 "2022-08-15T04:36:15Z")
I’m sure you can use all positive integer numbers ---
**Author:** ![Yalsof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/yalsof/32/2468_2.png) [@Yalsof](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Yalsof)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/4 "2022-08-15T05:09:54Z")
The instructions were a little bit vague on this, but all the spaces are filled using just 1-9 ---
**Author:** ![Draphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/draphy/32/7609_2.png) [@Draphy](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Draphy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/5 "2022-08-15T05:15:28Z")
Does someone know if you can find the word here: > **[Word List Database Tools](https://www.thewordfinder.com/wordlist/)** > > This is a complete database of all words that you can sort through in many different ways. Find all words in the dictionary that start, end, or contain certain letters, and much more. I tried finding it with the letters I got so far, and everything but one was ruled out. But that ended up being wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Kaido\_Tarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/kaido_tarma/32/5104_2.png) [@Kaido\_Tarma](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Kaido_Tarma)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/7 "2022-08-15T05:25:39Z")
Found the answer using only numbers 1-9 ---
**Author:** ![AlexM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AlexM](https://community.rapyd.net/u/AlexM)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/8 "2022-08-15T05:26:08Z")
Thanks for letting us know. That would be a useful information before I solved it with higher #'s. I have 10,11,12,13, … number goin up as high as 17. Guess ill start all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Kaido\_Tarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/kaido_tarma/32/5104_2.png) [@Kaido\_Tarma](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Kaido_Tarma)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/9 "2022-08-15T05:29:29Z")
Yes and no. 😃 Can’t give more hints. ---
**Author:** ![AlexM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AlexM](https://community.rapyd.net/u/AlexM)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/11 "2022-08-15T08:41:34Z")
lol. solved it 2nd time only using 1-9 and I still don’t see the answer. checked it like 20 times. I guess ill go to sleep and recheck it again in morning. hopefully its still up. maybe there is more then one solution? ---
**Author:** ![Draphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/draphy/32/7609_2.png) [@Draphy](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Draphy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/12 "2022-08-15T09:15:57Z")
It’s like puzzle 24. That’s why I had a problem with my answer too. ---
**Author:** ![AlexM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AlexM](https://community.rapyd.net/u/AlexM)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/13 "2022-08-15T09:24:30Z")
solved it. there is more than one way to make it work. it will get you close to the answer but not necessary the answer itself. Even though all numbers add up you can get several letters that will be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![aqvd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@aqvd](https://community.rapyd.net/u/aqvd)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/14 "2022-08-15T09:34:27Z")
Really weird that the rules on this one are so unclear, just say you can only use digits from 1-9 it’s not that hard ---
**Author:** ![aqvd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@aqvd](https://community.rapyd.net/u/aqvd)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/15 "2022-08-15T09:35:24Z")
I guess they did say “add the digits in each group” which I did see, but still, it doesn’t say we can’t use 0 ---
**Author:** ![Jarith\_Wittevrongel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/jarith_wittevrongel/32/4380_2.png) [@Jarith\_Wittevrongel](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Jarith_Wittevrongel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/17 "2022-08-15T11:15:31Z")
I only used digits 1-9 to fill in the grid, so no 0’s ---
**Author:** ![MusaddiqueAli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/musaddiqueali/32/3309_2.png) [@MusaddiqueAli](https://community.rapyd.net/u/MusaddiqueAli)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/18 "2022-08-15T11:54:05Z")
Is it a single 11-letter word or are they 2 words? ---
**Author:** ![Draphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/draphy/32/7609_2.png) [@Draphy](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Draphy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/19 "2022-08-15T12:15:39Z")
There are two words. ---
**Author:** ![shoWERL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@shoWERL](https://community.rapyd.net/u/shoWERL)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/20 "2022-08-15T12:16:49Z")
pretty easy. Just put some good music and chill with it ---
**Author:** ![justinbieshaar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/justinbieshaar/32/14748_2.png) [@justinbieshaar](https://community.rapyd.net/u/justinbieshaar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/21 "2022-08-15T12:19:20Z")
My first thoughts are: FUN, I love numbers. I think I will make a program trying to solve this one just for fun. Will see how it goes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mich](https://community.rapyd.net/u/mich)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/22 "2022-08-15T12:26:11Z")
There’s no space in the answer the solution form wants. ---
**Author:** ![graham1118](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/graham1118/32/19935_2.png) [@graham1118](https://community.rapyd.net/u/graham1118)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649/23 "2022-08-15T13:18:42Z")
What does a green number mean if it is in the top-right potion of a black square (above diagonal), or below the diagonal? [Next page](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-26-numbers-game/54649.md?page=2)