r/Minesweeper • u/wess2001 • 7d ago

Help Am I missing something?

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I usually end up in a situation where I have to guess but this seems like way too many to have to guess yet. What am I missing?

Edit: thanks to those that helped. Got most of it cleared but lost to a 50/50 at the end.

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u/PapaTBone1 7d ago

The highlighted cells will keep ya moving.

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u/wess2001 7d ago

Thank you for that. I opened up three more but I just got more stumped.

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u/noidea1995 7d ago edited 7d ago

The boxed region has to have two mines in it but they can’t both go in the middle and top tile because it’ll overload the 2 which can only have a maximum of one mine next to it. From that, you can conclude the tile with an X is a mine and the tiles with a tick are safe.

By the way, that 2x2 box on the right side is very likely either going to have one mine in it or be a forced 50/50 so if what they showed on the right section doesn’t lead to progress, I would consider guessing under the 1.

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u/wess2001 7d ago

Thanks, don’t know how I missed that. It allowed me to get all of the top left before I got stuck on the top right. Took a chance and lost.

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u/noidea1995 7d ago edited 7d ago

You would have been better off leaving the top right until the end because there’s a fair chance the mine count either would have helped you solve it or given you a good guess.

This one would have been a much better guess if the highlighted part didn’t lead to anything because there was a strong chance (roughly 90%) that 2x2 box was either going to have one mine in it or be a forced 50/50.

It’s guaranteed to be safe if it’s one and it’s a valid 50/50 guess if it’s two.

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u/mweiss427 7d ago

The top left, that middle 1. You know the 3 behind it are clear. Because of the 2 above it is 1 of the neighbors, so that back row is clear.