Best Guess · Puzzle #18 · Saturday, October 17
Best Guess: the answers
Four questions, each with one true number. Here they are with their answers, how to reason each one out, and where the number comes from. Play today's Best Guess.
1. How many new single-family homes were completed in the US in 2025?
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2. How many Hershey's Kisses does Hershey make every day?
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3. How many text messages (SMS and MMS) did Americans exchange in 2024?
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4. On average, how many steps a day did Americans take in a 2017 study of smartphone step-counter data?
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