Minesweeper

Minesweeper is pure deduction: every number you uncover is a count of adjacent mines, and with enough of them the whole board becomes solvable without guessing. This version is 9×9 with ten mines — the classic beginner board — and it is deliberately generous to thumbs: large squares, a flag mode toggle for people who hate long-pressing, and a guaranteed-safe first tap so opening a corner never blows up in your face.

How to play Minesweeper

1. Tap a square to dig it. The first tap is always safe and never lands on a mine.
2. A number tells you how many mines touch that square, including diagonals.
3. Long-press, or switch on <b>Flag mode</b>, to mark a suspected mine with a flag.
4. Reveal all 71 safe squares to win. Hitting a mine ends the round.

Strategy tips

Start with the numbers that touch the most already-revealed squares — corners of an opened area are the most informative. Two basic rules solve most beginner boards: if the number of flags around a square equals its number, every remaining hidden neighbour is safe; if the number of hidden neighbours equals the number, all of them are mines. Work from the outside of the opened region inward rather than clicking in the dark.

Why play it here

A faithful, fast board with no accidental-flag problems on touch. The 9×9 board fits a phone screen at full size — no zooming, no tiny squares, no mis-taps on the edge.

Questions

Is the first click always safe?

Yes. Mines are placed after your first tap, and the opening square plus its eight neighbours are excluded — so a first click usually opens a useful region rather than a single number.

How do I flag a square on a phone?

Long-press a square for about a third of a second, or turn on flag mode with the button below the board and then tap to place flags.

What does the number mean?

It is the count of mines in the eight squares touching it, diagonals included. A 1 next to one unrevealed square means that square is definitely a mine.

Can every board be solved without guessing?

Not every random Minesweeper board is logically solvable — some positions genuinely require a guess. This implementation places mines avoiding the first tap, which makes the opening fair, but a late-game 50/50 is still possible.