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A timed, single-player puzzle game, where the objective is to clear all spaces from a field that do not contain a mine.

In Minesweeper you are presented with a field of spaces (can be 2D or 3D in any shape). Left-clicking on a space reveals it, right clicking on a space marks it with a flag.

  • If a mine is revealed, the player has failed the level.
  • If a space does not contain a mine, it will show a number depending on how many adjacent spaces contain mines.
  • If there are no adjacent mines, it will show as blank and reveal all adjacent blank spaces until a numbered space is revealed.

Once you have sufficient information on an area, you can use logic to find the location of the mines, and then to clear the safe spaces.

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Is this minesweeper board inconsistent?

In the above game, look at the cell circled in red. It says 1, which means it must have only one neighboring cell which will have a mine. However, there are two cells which have mines surrounding this cell, circled in blue. How is this possible? Is…
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What do I do when two squares are equally valid?

The following happened playing Minesweeper: How do I figure out which square to click?
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I gave up on this Minesweeper board. Is there a correct move that makes this solveable with certainty?

I have stared at this board for way too long and can't figure out how to move on. As far as I can tell, the main problem is the bottom part with the double stacked '4'. It seems to me that I have multiple possible solutions there that would all…
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How can I minimize my chances of losing in Minesweeper?

In Minesweeper, I had to figure out the rules. I have been playing easily on the smaller levels. Now whenever I use the larger levels the following happens: Take a look at the point at which I lost. The mine I clicked was touching the "1" which was…
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Advanced Minesweeper Strategies?

I've found myself with a whole lot of freetime at work. Unfortunately, our workstations are pretty locked-down and internet usage is monitored, so I'm stuck doing nothing. And by nothing, I mean minesweeper. I've got a pretty good rhythm going for…
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Is this board solvable?

Can anyone tell me an answer to this Minesweeper problem. I have to find just 2 mines from 4 spaces. What I really want to know is the sure shot way to solve puzzle (no guessing) I have found all but 2 mines in lower right corner position. I want…
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Can Minesweeper be played using the keyboard?

Can Minesweeper be played using a keyboard, like in Weird Al's "White and Nerdy"?
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Best move when they are no more certain moves left

When playing minesweeper, there is that inevitable moment where you have solved everything that is logically solvable. The only next move is to guess and hope you don't land on a mine. When playing on a large board, say 30x16, this usually happens…
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Stuck at an average of ~40 sec Intermediate, ~120 sec Expert -- how best to improve from here?

Is there a particular mindset or technique that allows you to push beyond the ~1 mine / sec barrier? e.g.: less flagging? more clever "leaps" into uncharted territory?   (which I see on some of the world-record youtube vids) training on custom…
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Have you ever encountered a minesweeper level where just luck is involved?

I've encountered a problem while chilling and playing minesweeper today. I reached the end of the game, but with two remaining slots and only 1 of them is a mine. I can't think of any logical way where I could have finished solving this without a…
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Stuck on two valid squares in minesweeper How to solve?

The 1 indicates that ones of the two questioned flags is a mine and 3 also indicates the same. How to choose logically between any one of them?
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Where to go next if my first move reveals a number?

I started a game of Minesweeper, and it ended pretty unspectacularly: I clicked near the center of the board, revealing a '1'. I then clicked a square next to the 1, revealing the mine. Is there anything I could've done in such a situation to…
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Determine if Minesweeper is still solvable

Related: Is this board solvable? The following happened playing Minesweeper: As far as I know, there was no way to know for sure where the remaining two mines are located. How does one correctly determine whether the Minesweeper board is no longer…
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How to solve seemingly impossible minesweeper puzzle

Whilst playing minesweeper on this website, I ended up with the following position: In this, how is possible to solve the puzzle without guessing? Given that there are 4 squares remaining, and 2 mines remaining, it seems to me that the first mine…
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How to solve this Minesweeper game with deduction and without guessing?

In the Google game of Minesweeper, in all previous games, you could find with deduction. But in this game (picture of the game), it seems like you can only guess. Is there a way to solve this with deduction? Could you explain how?
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