How many guesses do you need at most to solve Mastermind variants? Isn't the question how many you need at least in order to solve all possible answers, rather than at most (as written in the title)? At most, disallowing identical guesses, it's the same number as the amount of possible answers
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: 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
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
optimization - Optimal Strategy for Wordle Master Mode? - Puzzling . . . About a year ago, a friend and I created a custom variant of Wordle, called Wordle Master Mode The gameplay is similar to Wordle, but with a couple of changes: Instead of 6 guesses, the player gets 10 Rather than highlighting individual letters, it's played like a game of Mastermind, where color-coded dots are added to the right of each guess, giving clues about the target word If you're
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
Colorblind Mastermind - Puzzling Stack Exchange This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #7: Board games Inspired by the incident, I created a variant of Mastermind, although it wasn't actually intended for colorblind people The main
Two Wrong Clues in 4-Digit Mastermind - Puzzling Stack Exchange Two friends are playing a Mastermind-like number game Player B secretly chooses a 4-digit number using digits 0–9 All four digits are distinct (no repeats) Player A makes 4-digit guesses After