Minesweeper Easy (Beginner 9×9)
Also written Mine Sweeper — the classic logic game of clearing a minefield using number clues. Ours is the no-guess version: pure logic, no luck.
The 9×9 beginner board with 10 mines is the perfect place to learn to read the numbers — and because every board here is verified guess-free, you can trust that logic alone will carry you to the end. The game below starts on Easy automatically.
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No guessing — solvable by logic alone ✓
Boom — that was a mine.
Solved!
How to play Minesweeper — the rules
- Goal: open every square that does not hide a mine. Each number tells you how many mines touch that square.
- Tap or click to dig. Your first tap is always safe — the board is built around it.
- Right-click, long-press, or switch to flag mode to mark a square you know is a mine. The counter shows how many mines are left to flag.
- Chord: tap an open number that already has the right count of flags next to it to open all its other neighbours at once.
- You never need to guess here. Every board is verified solvable by logic alone — if you are stuck, look again: the logical move is there.
Keyboard: arrow keys to move around the board, Enter to dig, F to flag.
Our guarantee, honestly kept: before a board ever reaches you, an independent logic solver must clear it completely — starting from your first tap, using deduction only. Boards that would force a guess are rejected and regenerated. If you are ever stuck, a logical next move always exists.
Strategy and tips
How to Play Minesweeper: seven patterns, and why you never have to guess here
Frequently asked questions
Can you always win Minesweeper without guessing?
On most sites, no — purely random boards regularly force 50/50 guesses, especially in corners and along walls. On PlayPuzzles, yes: every board is generated together with an independent logic solver that must clear it from the first tap using deduction alone. Boards that would require a guess are rejected and regenerated, so a logical path to the win always exists.
What do the numbers in Minesweeper mean?
Each number counts the mines in the squares touching it — up to eight neighbours. A 1 next to a single unopened square means that square is certainly a mine; a number that already touches the right amount of flags means every other neighbour is safe. Combining overlapping number clues is the whole art of the game.
What is chording in Minesweeper?
Chording is opening all remaining neighbours of a number at once, when that number already has the matching count of flags around it. Tap or click the open number to trigger it. It is the biggest speed-up in the game — but if one of your flags is wrong, the wrong square opens and you lose, so flag carefully.
What are the standard Minesweeper difficulty levels?
The classic three are easy (9×9, 10 mines), medium (16×16, 40) and hard (30×16, 99). We also serve four harder boards with the same no-guessing guarantee: extreme (30×16, 141 mines), nightmare (30×24, 222), a hexagonal grid where each cell has 6 neighbours (20×16, 96), and a triangular grid where each cell has 12 (30×16, 144). The daily board is medium, identical worldwide.
Is the daily Minesweeper board the same for everyone?
Yes. Each day one Intermediate board is generated from a public seed and everyone in the world gets exactly the same board, with the same verified no-guess solution — switching over at midnight in your local time zone. Finish it to keep your streak going.