Owlet puzzle #33
Released Friday, August 7, 2026 UTC
4096
the answer for puzzle #33
The five clues
- A four-digit number.
- A power of 2 — but also a power of another integer.
- 2¹² = 4⁶ = 8⁴ = 16³.
- One of very few numbers that are simultaneously a cube and a fourth power.
- Beyond a power of two, it is also 16 cubed.
Backstory
4096 = 2¹². Because 12 = 3·4, it is both a perfect cube (16³) and a perfect fourth power (8⁴).
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