10,000 possibilities
4-digit codes from 0000 to 9999 give exactly 10,000 outcomes—that is why PINs feel “small” but lotteries feel huge.
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4-digit codes from 0000 to 9999 give exactly 10,000 outcomes—that is why PINs feel “small” but lotteries feel huge.
Studies of leaked PIN data show sequences like 1234 and 1111 still dominate; random picks spread risk more evenly than birthdays.
In Mandarin and several other languages, “four” can sound like the word for death, so some people skip 4 in floors, plates, or PINs—purely cultural preference, not math.
Pick a single 4-digit code at random and you have a 1 in 10,000 chance of matching a specific target—easy to say, hard to hit.
Room safes usually default to 4 digits because guests can memorize them after one trip and staff can reset them quickly.
Dates like 2026 are 4-digit years; your brain treats them as labels, but they are the same width as a bank PIN.