Digits is a new daily maths puzzle released by the New York Times, refreshing daily at 12am and posing players a series of new brainteasers. It’s going away on August 8 (scroll down for the details) but, until then, we’re going through how it works and the answers and calculations for today’s (2 August 2023) Digits game.
Digits Answers Today (August 2, 2023)
Here are the answers and calculations to the 08/2/23 Digits puzzles:
| Target | Calculations |
|---|---|
| 77 | 25 x 3 = 75 75 + 2 = 77 |
| 158 | 25 – 9 = 16 16 x 10 = 160 160 – 2 = 158 |
| 278 | 25 x 11 = 275 275 + 3 = 278 |
| 366 | 4 + 3 = 7 7 + 11 = 18 20 x 18 = 360 360 + 6 = 366 |
| 405 | 23 + 19 = 42 42 + 3 = 45 45 x 9 = 405 |
Yesterday’s Digits Answer
The answers to yesterday’s (1 August, 2023) Digits puzzles are below:
| Target | Calculations |
|---|---|
| 51 | 5 x 10 = 50 50 + 1 = 51 |
| 155 | 11 + 2 = 13 13 x 10 = 130 130 + 25 = 155 |
| 252 | 25 + 11 = 36 36 x 7 = 252 |
| 347 | 6 x 20 = 120 120 x 3 = 360 9 + 4 = 13 360 – 13 = 347 |
| 412 | 20 – 3 = 17 25 x 17 = 425 425 – 13 = 412 |
Digits Beta To Close
Unfortunately, it appears that the NYT will be discontinuing the Digits Beta on 8 August 2023. Players are now hit with a message when opening up the game that it’ll stop functioning on that date.
It’s sad news for those of us that love the game and the daily puzzles it throws up. Until 8 August, we’ll still be giving you the digits for the Digits.
Explained and How To Play
Compared to some simpler games, like Wordle, Digits looks complex and even intimidating. It’s really simple though. Each challenge consists of five puzzles to solve. A puzzle is a target number, with players given six integers to get to the target number. The numbers can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, but only to reach other integers. There’s no decimals, negatives or fractions allowed.
The target numbers get incrementally higher (and therefore more challenging). The first is between 50-100, the second 100-200 and so on, with the final challenge usually being between 400-500. Typically, the challenges can be solved in two, three or four moves. Some take five but these are quite rare.
Players are rewarded with stars as they play. Getting the target perfectly earns players three stars in that puzzle; getting within ten of the target grants two stars; and getting within twenty five grants one star. With five puzzles released each day, there’s 15 stars up for grabs.
That’s everything to know about Digits and the answers for today’s game! This page is updated everyday, so make sure you check back for all the calculations, answers and help you need. If you can’t get enough of daily puzzles, check out our Jumble, Waffle and Globle daily answer guides too.
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