No Guess Minesweeper

Every board in this mode can be cleared by logic. There is always a square you can prove is safe, so a game is never decided by a coin flip.

In the classic game you sometimes reach a spot where two squares look exactly the same. One is a mine, one is safe, and nothing on the board tells you which. You pick one and hope. Plenty of players love Minesweeper but hate that moment. This mode removes it.

How it works

The board is built after your first click. The game deals the mines, then runs a solver that plays the board the way a careful player would: it opens squares that must be safe, marks squares that must be mines, and compares neighbouring numbers when neither is obvious. If the solver clears the whole board, you get that board. If it gets stuck, the game deals again. This usually takes a fraction of a second.

Pick a size with the switch above the board. Beginner, Intermediate and Expert use the same board sizes and mine counts as the classic levels, and your best times are kept separately for each.

Playing well without guesses

• If you feel stuck, you've missed something. Look for two numbers that share covered squares and compare them.
• The mine counter is part of the logic. Near the end, the number of mines left can settle a corner.
• The Hint button shows a square that is certain from what's on screen. Using it means that game won't count toward your best time.

New to the patterns? The strategy page walks through the ones you'll use most.

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