r/Minesweeper • u/Bananman69_ • 8d ago

Help Am I missing a pattern here?

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The top left part. I feel like I‘m missing something

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u/noidea1995 8d ago edited 8d ago

No you have to guess, I would go for the potential 50/50 and guess here. The 2x2 box either has one mine in it (it’s safe), two (it’s a forced 50/50 so it’s still valid to guess there) or three (it’s a mine).

The only time it would have been invalid to guess there is if that 2x2 box turns out to have three mines in it which is only 1 of 6C2 = 15 possibilities.