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Mines Normal Level 281

Exactly the start of Normal level 281 in the app: 9×11 tiles, 16 sleepers, 28 tiles already open. The whole board follows from the numbers in 43 steps, no guessing. Go through them one at a time, or look at the finished board.

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SolutionStep by step, with the reason

0 / 43Start position

Start: the open patch is exactly where the app opens the level.

Whole boardSpoiler

All 43 steps as a list

Rows count from the top, columns from the left. Each step follows from the numbers that are open by then.

  1. Sleeper row 1, column 3 one number
  2. Safe row 1, column 2 one number
  3. Sleeper row 2, column 1 one number
  4. Safe row 1, column 1 one number
  5. Sleeper row 5, column 6 one number
  6. Safe row 5, column 7 one number
  7. Sleeper row 1, column 7 one number
  8. Safe row 6, column 3 1-2 pattern
  9. Sleeper row 6, column 2; row 6, column 4 one number
  10. Safe row 6, column 1 one number
  11. Safe row 7, column 1; row 7, column 2 one number
  12. Safe row 8, column 1; row 8, column 2 one number
  13. Safe row 7, column 3; row 7, column 4 one number
  14. Sleeper row 8, column 3 one number
  15. Safe row 6, column 5; row 7, column 5; row 8, column 4; row 8, column 5 one number
  16. Safe row 6, column 6 one number
  17. Safe row 7, column 6 one number
  18. Sleeper row 8, column 6 one number
  19. Safe row 9, column 3; row 9, column 4; row 9, column 5 one number
  20. Safe row 9, column 6 one number
  21. Safe row 8, column 7 1-2 pattern
  22. Safe row 7, column 7; row 7, column 8; row 8, column 8; row 9, column 7; row 9, column 8 one number
  23. Sleeper row 6, column 7 one number
  24. Sleeper row 10, column 6; row 10, column 7 one number
  25. Safe row 10, column 5 one number
  26. Sleeper row 10, column 4 one number
  27. Safe row 10, column 3 one number
  28. Safe row 11, column 4; row 11, column 5; row 11, column 6 one number
  29. Safe row 11, column 3 one number
  30. Safe row 11, column 7 one number
  31. Safe row 9, column 2 1-2 pattern
  32. Sleeper row 9, column 1 one number
  33. Sleeper row 10, column 2 one number
  34. Safe row 10, column 1 one number
  35. Safe row 11, column 1; row 11, column 2 one number
  36. Sleeper row 3, column 8 1-2 pattern
  37. Safe row 1, column 8; row 2, column 8 one number
  38. Safe row 1, column 9; row 2, column 9 one number
  39. Safe row 3, column 9 one number
  40. Safe row 4, column 8 one number
  41. Safe row 4, column 9 one number
  42. Sleeper row 5, column 8 one number
  43. Safe row 5, column 9 one number

Every player gets the same levels in the same order, so this start matches your app. The order here always takes the simplest reason first, like the hint in the app. How to play Mines