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?
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.
How many guesses do you need at most to solve Mastermind variants?
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...
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...
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 ...
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