Owlet puzzle #59
Released Wednesday, September 2, 2026 UTC
998001
the answer for puzzle #59
The five clues
- A six-digit perfect square.
- A six-digit number whose reciprocal recites almost every three-digit block.
- Its reciprocal is the decimal 0.000001002003004…997999000…, listing every three-digit sequence 000 through 999 in order — with 998 the single exception.
- 999 × 999.
- A perfect square just under a million.
Backstory
1/998001 = 0.000001002003004… continuing through every 3-digit sequence except 998. Numerical magic from 999². The same trick works with any 999…9² denominator: 1/9801 skips 98, 1/99980001 skips 9998.
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