# Bulls and Cows **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 8, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561 "2020-08-08T05:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/21 "2020-08-08T16:21:46Z")
Guess #1, 1234, 1B, 0C ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/22 "2020-08-08T16:27:20Z")
Let’s try this table business. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/23 "2020-08-08T16:47:19Z")
My next guess is 5678. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/24 "2020-08-08T16:53:09Z")
5678 produces no bulls and one cow. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | PlaceboTarget | 5678 | 0 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/25 "2020-08-08T16:55:48Z")
Thank you. My next guess is 1290. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/26 "2020-08-08T16:58:33Z")
You’re getting closer. 1290 produces one bull and two cows. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | PlaceboTarget | 5678 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | PlaceboTarget | 1290 | 1 | 2 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/27 "2020-08-08T17:35:02Z")
Thank you again. My next guess is 9207. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/28 "2020-08-08T17:40:04Z")
9207 produces no bulls and two cows. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | PlaceboTarget | 5678 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | PlaceboTarget | 1290 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | PlaceboTarget | 2907 | 0 | 2 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/29 "2020-08-08T17:42:23Z")
Yeah, I groping. 🙂 What about 1089? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/30 "2020-08-08T17:48:11Z")
So close. 1089 has three bulls and no cows. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | PlaceboTarget | 5678 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | PlaceboTarget | 1290 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | PlaceboTarget | 2907 | 0 | 2 | | 5 | PlaceboTarget | 1089 | 3 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/31 "2020-08-08T17:49:25Z")
Thank you. Maybe it is 1069. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/32 "2020-08-08T17:51:14Z")
Different number, same result. 1069 has three bulls and no cows. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | PlaceboTarget | 5678 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | PlaceboTarget | 1290 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | PlaceboTarget | 2907 | 0 | 2 | | 5 | PlaceboTarget | 1089 | 3 | 0 | | 6 | PlaceboTarget | 1069 | 3 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/33 "2020-08-08T17:52:49Z")
Hmm. What am I doing wrong? 🙂 Is it 1059? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/34 "2020-08-08T17:55:16Z")
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! You picked the right number in seven guesses. There is no significance to the number 1059. I generated it randomly. | Guess # | poster | guess | Bulls | Cows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PlaceboTarget | 1234 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | PlaceboTarget | 5678 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | PlaceboTarget | 1290 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | PlaceboTarget | 2907 | 0 | 2 | | 5 | PlaceboTarget | 1089 | 3 | 0 | | 6 | PlaceboTarget | 1069 | 3 | 0 | | 7 | PlaceboTarget | 1059 | 4 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/35 "2020-08-08T17:58:46Z")
Thank you. 🙂 When I picked 1089, I realized immediately I should have picked 1069. I didn’t want to change my guess though. Thank you again. I’ll think about a number. Right now I’m trying to find a sentence for the hangman. I’ll be back. 🏆 ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/36 "2020-08-08T18:55:46Z")
Here is the new number: ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Please submit you guesses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/37 "2020-08-08T19:00:32Z")
I guess 0123. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/38 "2020-08-08T19:10:17Z")
Thank you for your guess. 🙂 | **guess #** | **player** | **guess** | **bulls** | **cows** | | 1 | bibliophage | 0123 | 0 | 2 | ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/39 "2020-08-08T19:49:01Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulls-and-cows/917561/40 "2020-08-08T20:00:07Z")
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