Minesweeper guide

Clear the daily sixteen-by-sixteen minefield of forty mines without setting one off. Use the numbers to find safe squares. Ranked by time, new board daily.

How to play Minesweeper

  • 16x16 board
  • 40 mines
  • New puzzle daily

Goal

Clear every square that does not hide a mine, without ever clicking one.

How to play

  • Reveal a square to expose either a mine, a blank, or a number.
  • A number tells you how many mines touch that square, counting all eight neighbours including diagonals.
  • Flag a square you believe is a mine so you cannot open it by accident.
  • Blank squares cascade, clearing their neighbours automatically, which is where most of your progress comes from.

Reading the numbers

A number whose count already equals the flags around it means every remaining neighbour is safe. A number whose count equals its unopened neighbours means every one of them is a mine. Almost the whole board falls out of applying those two checks to adjacent pairs.

Scoring

  • The board is the intermediate size, identical for every player that day.
  • Clearing faster scores higher; hitting a mine ends the attempt.
  • Resets at midnight Melbourne time.