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patrakovlast Wednesday at 3:57 AM9 repliesview on HN

Step 1: Guess 00000.

Step 2: Replace all grey cells with 1s.


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0xAFFFFlast Wednesday at 8:22 AM

This is obviously improper. The valid strategy for this game unfolds as follows.

Step 1: Guess 11111.

Step 2: Replace all grey cells with 0s.

Thank you for your careful consideration.

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heckelsonlast Wednesday at 7:57 AM

And for a second, I was proud that I solved mine in 3 steps...

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paxyslast Wednesday at 5:25 AM

Step 1: Guess anything

Step 2: Flip all the non green cells.

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jesse__last Wednesday at 4:37 AM

I think it's actually possible to win on the second guess with any initial input. Or at least I did it a handful of times..

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stavroslast Wednesday at 9:04 AM

I got zero right: https://imgz.org/i6yJQnf4.png

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petra303last Wednesday at 4:06 AM

Yea, you don’t need more than two chances.

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a3wlast Wednesday at 10:33 AM

I think I saw a two.

There is no such thing as a two, Bender!

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Sesse__last Wednesday at 10:49 AM

I intended this strategy, but 00000 happened to be correct, so I didn't even need a step 2.

arjviklast Wednesday at 4:06 AM

Came here to present my strategy for solving it in two tries, and realized it was far more complicated! (started with 00011)