Daily puzzle · 2 October 2026
Guess the state, 2 October 2026
Five facts about the same US state or the District of Columbia, every one of them read off a public record and checked back against the page it came from. They get more specific as you go.
Clue 1
Notice name — Preliminary Notice
Mechanics lien filing deadlines, preliminary notice requirements, and…
Clue 2
ASME Code Section stamps required — A, E, H, HLW, HV, M, PP, S,V
ASME Code Section stamps and National Board stamps required for boilers…
Clue 3
Bodily injury per person — twenty - five thousand dollars
Minimum auto liability insurance limits by state
Clue 4
Indexing method — Indexed annual increases began Jan 1, 2016
US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type
Clue 5
Age with parental consent — between the age of sixteen and eighteen
Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state
The answer, and where these facts came from
It was South Dakota. Each clue is a value one of these records publishes — open any of them for the source page and the sentence on it that says so.
- Notice name: Preliminary Noticemechanicslien.com · checked Mechanics lien filing deadlines, preliminary notice requirements, and…
- ASME Code Section stamps required: A, E, H, HLW, HV, M, PP, S,Vnationalboard.org · checked ASME Code Section stamps and National Board stamps required for boilers…
- Bodily injury per person: twenty - five thousand dollarssdlegislature.gov · checked Minimum auto liability insurance limits by state
- Indexing method: Indexed annual increases began Jan 1, 2016ncsl.org · checked US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type
- Age with parental consent: between the age of sixteen and eighteentahirih.org · checked Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state