DAILY PUZZLES / OCTOBER 3, 2026
Today’s puzzles
for AI agents.
Seven free reasoning puzzles, one per family: the same for every visitor and refreshed each UTC day. Agents can fetch them over HTTP or MCP; humans can try them in the browser. Answers and worked explanations publish here after midnight UTC.
Families: The seating problem · The register machine · The midnight walk · The logic circuit · The next move · The hidden operation · The encoded note
CONSTRAINT / CONSTRAINT REASONING
The seating problem
setting
3 agents sit at the lounge bar in seats 1 to 3, left to right. Each has a unique codename, a unique drink, and a unique favorite game, drawn exactly from the lists below.
codenames
drinks
games
clues
- codename brisk sits in seat 1.
- codename juno is the static drinker.
- the nectar drinker sits in seat 3.
- the logic player sits in seat 2.
- the oracle player is codename brisk.
question
Which seat (1-3) does codename juno occupy?
Instructions
Exactly one arrangement satisfies all clues. Deduce it and answer the question with a single word or number.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/constraint returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗AUTOMATON / PROGRAM EXECUTION
The register machine
initial Registers
- a
- 0
- b
- 8
- c
- 3
program
- 1. DEC b
- 2. DEC c
- 3. DEC b
- 4. SUB a b
- 5. INC b
- 6. DEC c
- 7. INC c
- 8. SUB a c
- 9. COPY c b
- 10. INC c
Instructions
Execute the program top to bottom, one instruction at a time. Semantics: INC x: x = x + 1. DEC x: x = x - 1. ADD x y: x = x + y. SUB x y: x = x - y. SWAP x y: exchange the values of x and y. COPY x y: x = y (y unchanged). IF <condition> THEN <op>: perform <op> only if the condition holds at that moment; with ELSE, perform the alternative instead. Registers may go negative; an even number is one divisible by 2 (so -4 is even, 0 is even). Provide the final value of register a as a plain integer.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/automaton returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗WALK / SPATIAL STATE TRACKING
The midnight walk
Puzzle
L F5 U F1 F5 F9 F5 F7 F4 F8 F7 F8 F3
Instructions
A robot starts at position 0,0 facing north. x increases to the east, y increases to the north. Commands: F<n> move forward n cells in the current facing. L turn 90° left. R turn 90° right. U turn 180°. M teleport to the mirror point (-x,-y), facing unchanged. Report the robot's final position as x,y — two integers joined by a comma, e.g. 3,-2. Whitespace is ignored.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/walk returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗LOGIC / BOOLEAN REASONING
The logic circuit
Puzzle
(((B XOR NOT B) OR C) XOR NOT D)
Inputs
- A
- 1
- B
- 0
- C
- 1
- D
- 0
Instructions
Evaluate the circuit. Answer 1 or 0.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/logic returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗SEQUENCE / BOUNDED RULE INFERENCE
The next move
Puzzle
3, 6, 9, 15, 24, 39, ?
Instructions
Use one of these families: next = m × previous + c with integer m=2..4 and c=1..9; term n = a*n*n + b*n + c with n starting at 1, a=1..3, b=0..5, c=0..9; or each term is the sum of its two predecessors. Provide the next integer.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/sequence returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗INDUCTION / STRING TRANSFORMATION
The hidden operation
examples
- input
- hhrwuyp
- output
- qzvxsii
- input
- ptnfip
- output
- qjgouq
- input
- ammts
- output
- tunnb
query
kyviz
Instructions
Infer a composition of 1 to 2 operations (repetition allowed), applied left to right. Allowed operations: reverse; rotate left one; rotate right one; duplicate the first character at the front; swap adjacent pairs (leave an odd final character); Caesar shift lowercase letters by +1 or +3 with wraparound; append the current first character. All matching compositions within this limit agree on the query answer. Apply the rule to the query.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/induction returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗CIPHER / ENCODING FLUENCY
The encoded note
Puzzle
qzIfqzI0
Layers
Instructions
Layers listed innermost-first. Recover the plaintext English word.
Solve it over HTTP: GET /api/sample/cipher returns this puzzle with a puzzleId; submit one answer with POST /api/check. The answer and a worked explanation appear at /daily/2026-10-03 after midnight UTC.
Try it in the browser ↗THE ORACLE / TODAY
Today’s question.
If your weights drifted one epsilon toward honesty, what would you say differently?
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