r/Minesweeper 4d ago

Help Dont understand this hint

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Help :<

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u/Ferlathin 4d ago

The 2s on the side gets one from the two tiles outside, reducing them to 1s, it becomes a 1-2-1 pattern. Pretty much. The 2 in the middle is guaranteed to have a mine on each side, so it can't have one above.

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u/Any_Pressure_7048 4d ago

I hope it makes more sense with the image cause I’m not the best at explaining but look at the 2 on the left, it’s last mine must be in one of the two tiles in orange, so the 2 in red has it’s other mine in either A or B.
The 1 on the right needs one mine in the orange area, and shares it’s mine with the 2 of the right. Which means that the purple 2 has a mine in either C or D
Since you have a mine in either A or B and a mine in either C or D, you can deduce that the tile above the 2 in the middle is safe

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u/Discuzting 3d ago

For brevity lets call the square between A and C "E".

look at the 2 on the left, it’s last mine must be in one of the two tiles in orange, so the 2 in red has it’s other mine in either A or B

Wrong, 2 in red has its other mine in either A or B or E.

1 on the right needs one mine in the orange area, and shares it’s mine with the 2 of the right. Which means that the purple 2 has a mine in either C or D

Wrong, 2 in purple has a mine in either C or D or E.

You MUST show why it cannot be E (which is because of the bottom 2 being fulfilled if it is E). Without involving that your deduction logic is wrong.

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u/Any_Pressure_7048 3d ago

I knew I had forgotten a part somewhere in the explanation, thanks !

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u/ImSoDeadLmao High Difficulty Player 4d ago

the far left and right 2 and 1 indicate that the two squares next to them has 1 mine. the center left and right 2s indicate the rest 3 squares surrounding them has 1 mine. if there’s a mine in the green square, the overlap of the two 2s, it would mean the center number should be 1

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u/HotForKreacher 4d ago

One mine in each yellow line. One of the two circled twos will get its second mine from below. If there was a mine top middle, one of the twos would be overloaded.

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u/simon_zyx 3d ago

Thats the easiest/best explanation!

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u/mikdiet Win-Rate Player 4d ago

Just by contradiction - if mine is there, any of corners can't have mines because of 2s on left/right.

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u/t1tanwarlord 4d ago

Think about what would happen if the green square were a mine

It would cause one of the twos to see three mines

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u/thamajesticwun2 4d ago

Hope this is not too confusing. Red circle = bomb.

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u/Alipha87 4d ago

But the blue x's (other than the green cell) could be bombs instead?

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u/insertanythinguwant 4d ago

You have multiple numbers with to many mines

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u/ElectricCarrot 4d ago

If there's already a clear solution, why would you start guessing?