Entangled Mines

Some mines hide in two places at once.

Intermediate
About 6 min
No sign-in
One shot: nothing is saved

Linked pairs undecided: 3
Ordinary mines hidden: 4
Flags: 0

Linked cells share a colour and letter: exactly one of each pair is a mine. Open a cell to begin.

Setting up the table…

Before you play

Classic Minesweeper hides every mine in one cell. Here, three pairs of cells are entangled: exactly one cell of each linked pair is a mine, and nature has not decided which. The other mines are ordinary.

Revealing a cell measures it. A number measures too: it counts the mines around the cell, and that count collapses any pair it touches.

How to play

Click a cell to reveal it. Linked cells share a colour and a letter. The others may hide ordinary mines.
A safe cell tells you its partner is a mine. A number can also settle which end of a nearby pair is the mine.
Reveal every safe cell without setting off a mine. Switch to Flag to mark suspects.

Your challenge

Clear the field without setting off a mine.

Optional. Nothing is tracked, so the result screen is your scorecard.

Ideas in this game

Entanglement
Measurement
Collapse

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