digit.party

About digit.party

digit.party is a small, quiet puzzle about placing numbers. The game deals you digits one after another, and each must go on an empty square of a 5x5 board before you see the next. Whenever squares holding the same digit sit next to each other, they score. The board fills up quickly, so every placement is a trade-off between grouping what you have and leaving room for what might come.

The daily challenge uses a seeded sequence, so everyone gets the same digits in the same order on a given day. The game works out the best possible score for that sequence and shows yours against it, which turns a casual game into a precise target. A new board arrives at midnight UTC, the days are numbered from 3 April 2023, and your past results are kept as a history. Random boards let you play as many extra rounds as you like.

The site credits its maker on the help screen and keeps the look minimal, with each digit in its own colour. It suits players who like quick optimisation puzzles in the vein of 2048 or Threes, but with a fixed daily answer to chase.

How to play digit.party

1. Start the daily challenge and look at the first digit.
2. Tap an empty square on the 5x5 board to place it.
3. Place each next digit as it comes, keeping equal digits next to each other.
4. Adjacent matching digits score points; plan space for digits still to come.
5. Fill the board, then compare your score with the best possible for the day.

Tips

• Higher digits are worth more when matched, so give them the most room to grow clusters.
• Keep one area of the board for each common digit rather than scattering them.
• Leave a few flexible squares free near the end for awkward digits.

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