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- Clever ways to solve Mastermind? - Puzzling Stack Exchange
Is there any specific way to solve Mastermind? Apart from the first step that is pure chance, is there any way to continue based on the colors that you think are correct?
- mastermind - Master Mind Rule ambiguity - Puzzling Stack Exchange
A recent question about Programming a Prolog solver for a Master Mind type problem generated a question about a scoring rule ambiguity for Master Mind, which is not solved by the Wikipedia page ent
- Mastermind: Win in two - Puzzling Stack Exchange
Bob was very lucky in his last game of Mastermind Alice was the codemaker; Bob was the codebreaker They played with six colors and a length four code Bob's first guess wasn't an immediate win But
- mastermind - Guess my number - Puzzling Stack Exchange
There is a popular game called Mastermind in which one player guesses another player's secret sequence - it could be a word, some colors, or numbers The guesser says a possible sequence, and they
- Mastermind: What should I guess next? That depends
We start with usual Mastermind logic: Where can the second clue get a black dot from? Not one of the B’s otherwise clue 1 or 3 is broken Therefore the first letter is E The fourth clue tells us the second and third letters are D and C, respectively That only leaves three choices: EDCC, EDCD, EDCE Now the interesting part: The obvious strategy is guess randomly, e g choose EDCC first
- Finding a 3-digit passcode from 4 mastermind clues
The last digit has to be a 3 or a 6 (If it isn't, then all 4 passwords should have the correct digit on place 1 or 2, which is impossible) The 4th password shares for each of the 3 digits a digit with another password This one is crucial, because this sets up a 'chain' of passwords, all linked to each other through different digits if the first 8 is correct of the 4th password, then the
- mastermind - 5-digit puzzle code looking for solution - Puzzling Stack . . .
The intended answer is because I believe your boss' intention was using every digit only once even though it was not given Otherwise, there are lots of answers How I solved; Assuming First two 5 digit numbers (guesses) have 3 digits in common, so I eliminate them first: 9 9, 7 7, 4 4 The reason is that if we choose any one these digits, we need to eliminate at least 6 numbers directly: 1 1
- Finish the Mastermind - Puzzling Stack Exchange
Mastermind is a well-known game Here's a brief reminder of the rules: There's a secret code consisting of a sequence of five colored circles (items) Colors may appear more than once Your job is
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