Password Game Help

Password game questions, answered

How many rules are in the password game?

Neal Agarwal's Password Game has 35 rules. They unlock one at a time, and every rule you have already cleared stays active, so rule 35 is really rule 1 through 35 all holding at once. Our own game, The Password Games, is a separate 30-rule gauntlet with entirely different rules.

How to beat the password game?

Keep the password as short as you can for as long as you can. Every rule stays live, so each character you add is a cost you pay again at every later rule. Clear the arithmetic rules with a calculator rather than by guessing, and accept that several rules are randomised per playthrough, so there is no sequence of keystrokes you can memorise. Our method guide walks through the full approach.

What is rule 5 in the password game?

Rule 5 requires that the digits in your password add up to exactly 25. Every digit anywhere in the password counts toward that total, including the ones you added earlier for rule 2, so the sum has to land on 25 exactly rather than merely reaching it.

What numbers add up to 25 in the password game?

Three digits are the fewest that can reach 25, since the most three digits can hold is 27. If your password has no other digits, use any arrangement of 9, 9 and 7, such as 997, or of 9, 8 and 8, such as 988. If you already have digits in your password, add up what you have, subtract that from 25, and add digits covering the difference. Our digit-sum calculator totals whatever you paste and tells you how much is left to reach 25.

How to beat rule 9 in the password game?

Rule 9 asks that the Roman numerals in your password multiply to 35. The catch is that the game reads every capital I, V, X, L, C, D and M as a numeral, including letters you typed for a completely different reason, so a capital in a month or a sponsor name can silently wreck the product.

What Roman numerals multiply to 35 in the password game?

Since 35 factors as 5 times 7, the two working combinations are XXXV on its own, which is simply 35, or V and VII placed separately, which multiply to 35. Before you commit, check the capitals already in your password: our Roman numeral checker finds every numeral in a pasted password and shows the product you currently have.

What is the country in the password game?

Rule 14 shows you a random Google Street View location and asks you to put that country's name in your password. There is no fixed answer and no daily answer, so searching for the country in the password game today will not help: the location is randomised for each playthrough, and yours will differ from everyone else's. Identify it from the side of the road traffic drives on, the language on signs, the licence plate shape, and the vegetation.

How to beat rule 16 in the password game?

Rule 16 shows a chess position and wants the best move written in algebraic chess notation, for example Qxf7+ or Nf6. A fresh position is generated every time you reach the rule, so there is no answer to copy. The puzzle is almost always mate in one, which means the winning move is usually a check, so it usually ends in a plus sign. Our chess guide covers how to read the board and write the move correctly.

What password beats the password game?

No single password beats it, and any password you find posted online will fail. Several rules are randomised for each playthrough, including the chess position and the Street View country, and others depend on live data such as the current moon phase and the day's Wordle answer. A password that satisfied all 35 rules for someone else will break on the randomised rules the moment you paste it.