VAULT

• There is a hidden code. Tap symbols to build a guess, then hit Check. The highlighted slot is where the next symbol lands — tap any slot to aim there instead. Aiming at a placed symbol means the next tap replaces it; Undo and Clear row take things back.
• Every guess is answered with three numbers. Exact: right symbol, right place. Near: a symbol that belongs within one slot of where you put it. Far: in the code, but wider than one slot away.
• The answer never says which ones. Working that out is the game.
• Symbols can repeat. The code may use the same one twice, or not use a symbol at all.
• You get nine guesses. Run out and the code is shown, and you keep credit for the closest row you managed.
• Don't try to guess the code — find out what is in it. Play a row of one repeated symbol and the numbers add up to exactly how many of that symbol the code holds. A few rows like that and you know the ingredients; then all that is left is the order.
• Stuck? Tap Hint. It picks one shape from an earlier guess and tags it on that row — exact, near or far — and that row's count flashes. Earliest guess first, left to right, never the same shape twice; the tag stays on the board. Each hint costs 10 points.
• The par is the number to beat — what a good solver needs on this puzzle, plus one guess of room. Matching it or beating it scores full marks.
• Five shapes a day, drawn from seven, so the palette changes even though its size does not. The code length changes too; the working row shows how many slots there are, and the par is printed above the board.

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