Interesting position with a safe square - can you find it?

2 years ago by NeatNit to c/minesweeper

This was a rare moment where I actually had to think to find it. Can you?

Screenshot is from a solver I found online because I didn't think to take a screenshot until I already opened the safe square.

brian 3 points 2 years ago

It's interesting to see two answers having directly opposing answers.

But I do believe >!the 4/2/1 corner must be a bomb, the one above must be safe!<

path: 0 10037899, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
NeatNit 3 points 2 years ago

That is correct! The spoiler markdown doesn't work on my end (browser on desktop) but the others didn't even bother, so no matter!

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GCanuck 1 point 2 years ago

Top blank square. The two 1’s at the bottom prove it. Bottom 1 has two unknowns. Which means one of them is the bomb. Which means the bottom mystery square can’t be the bomb which means the top square is the bomb.

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Euphorazine 1 point 2 years ago

The corner of 1,2,4 on the left must be a bomb.

In the bottom gap, either side of the 1 being a bomb causes the 1,2,4 corner to be a bomb.

If the bomb is right of the 1, then the square above and below the 4 must be bombs because of the 2.

If the bomb is to the left of 1, the 2,2,3,3 forces one of the squares below the second 2 to be a bomb, which means the square below the 4 must be safe, so the square above 4 must be a bomb.

path: 0 10036166, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 3
brian 1 point 2 years ago

If the bomb is to the left of the one, there could still be another bomb directly next to it, no?

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Euphorazine 2 points 2 years ago

No, the 3 below the two 1s has a shared partner with the 2 to it's left. So because it has a bomb directly above it, it must have one more below it. Therefore the space under the 4 would be empty and the space above it would have to be a bomb for the upper 2.

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brian 1 point 2 years ago

Got it now, you're very right. I didn't evaluate that 3 correctly at all.

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DrBob 1 point 2 years ago
path: 0 10035768, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
Flagstaff 1 point 2 years ago

The highest 2 has a mine to its left due to the 2 and 1 below it.

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