Lateral Thinking Puzzles

102. Password Puzzle

A man worked at a high security institution. The man tried to log into his computer and the computer denied the password. He then remembered that the passwords to the computers were reset every month for security reasons. He called his boss for his new password.

The man said, "Boss, my old password is out of date."

The boss said, "Yes, it is. The new password is different, but if you listen closely you will be able to figure out the new one. Your new password has the same number of letters as the old one, and four of the letters are the same."

The man then logged into his computer with no trouble.

Added 9 September 2014 · Updated 5 July 2026

Solution:

The old password was:

outofdate

The new password was:

different

Why it works:

outofdate has 9 letters.

different also has 9 letters.

They share 4 letters: d, f, e, and t.


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