Owlet puzzle #31
Released Wednesday, August 5, 2026 UTC
142857
the answer for puzzle #31
The five clues
- A six-digit number.
- Its digit sum is 27.
- The digits are exactly the set {1,4,2,8,5,7} — the same as 1/7 in decimal.
- Multiply it by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 and you get a cyclic permutation of itself.
- It is one-seventh of a million (999999).
Backstory
142857 is the cyclic number of 1/7. 142857 × 7 = 999999.
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