Age of Reason

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2010/10/27

Mastermind Puzzle Generator

Mastermind Puzzles, generated by mmind2.

For details see Wikipedia entry on mastermind game.

For more puzzles and free mastermind source code in C and pascal.


Puzzle: guess the 4 hidden pegs, numbered 1..6
Hints:
B: a correct pin in correct position.
W: a correct pin in wrong position.

problem 1 {
1, -2245-BB---
2, -1652-W----
3, -3131------
4, -1334-W----
5, -4516-WW---
}
problem 2 {
1, -4134-B----
2, -4242-BW---
3, -2434-BB---
4, -5622-BW---
}
problem 3 {
1, -1356-W----
2, -5426-WW---
3, -6561-B----
4, -2442-BW---
5, -5352-WB---
}
problem 4 {
1, -5522-B----
2, -6131-W----
3, -3126-W----
4, -3131------
5, -3643-WW---
6, -2542-WW---
}
problem 5 {
1, -1635-WW---
2, -4242-B----
3, -2241-W----
4, -2542-W----
5, -2466-BW---
}
problem 6 {
1, -6451-WW---
2, -3611-BB---
3, -6124-W----
4, -3365-BB---
}
problem 7 {
1, -6613-WW---
2, -1452-BBW--
3, -3335-BW---
4, -6631-WW---
5, -2352-BBW--
}
problem 8 {
1, -2553-BB---
2, -5352-WW---
3, -2412-BB---
4, -5256-W----
5, -4162-WW---
6, -6631-BWW--
}
problem 9 {
1, -3331------
2, -3334------
3, -2253-WW---
4, -1322-B----
5, -1554-B----
6, -2416-WW---
}
problem 10 {
1, -6122-WW---
2, -1264-WW---
3, -1551-W----
4, -4431-WW---
5, -2464-W----
6, -5621-BW---
7, -2463-BW---
}


Solutions to Mastermind Puzzles above.
(numbers indicate how many choices at each step)

solution 1: -5445------ (105 19 6 4 1 )
solution 2: -2332------ (182 21 6 1 )
solution 3: -4544------ (152 32 7 2 1 )
solution 4: -5464------ (256 38 11 4 2 1 )
solution 5: -4363------ (312 60 14 2 1 )
solution 6: -3515------ (312 19 5 1 )
solution 7: -3152------ (222 10 4 2 1 )
solution 8: -2433------ (105 48 7 3 2 1 )
solution 9: -6562------ (256 81 11 10 2 1 )
solution 10: -3613------ (222 36 5 4 3 2 1 )