Bulls and Cows

Guess: 8901

guess # player guess bulls cows
1 bibliophage 0123 0 2
2 bibliophage 4567 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 8901 0 2

Guess: 2860

guess # player guess bulls cows
1 bibliophage 0123 0 2
2 bibliophage 4567 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 8901 0 2
4 Aspidistra 2860 0 2
guess # player guess bulls cows
1 bibliophage 0123 0 2
2 bibliophage 4567 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 8901 0 2
4 Aspidistra 2860 0 2
5 Aspidistra 3418 0 1
guess # player guess bulls cows
1 bibliophage 0123 0 2
2 bibliophage 4567 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 8901 0 2
4 Aspidistra 2860 0 2
5 Aspidistra 3418 0 1
6 Prof.Pepperwinkle 7082 1 0

Two possibilities left, if my calculations are right.

I guess 1692.

Well, I had to start a Word document to keep track of things. :slight_smile:
It’s easy to lose focus in this game, especially when you’re permanently multitasking like me.


guess # player guess bulls cows
1 bibliophage 0123 0 2
2 bibliophage 4567 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 8901 0 2
4 Aspidistra 2860 0 2
5 Aspidistra 3418 0 1
6 Prof.Pepperwinkle 7082 1 0
7 bibliophage 1692 0 2

6039 then.

guess # player guess bulls cows
1 bibliophage 0123 0 2
2 bibliophage 4567 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 8901 0 2
4 Aspidistra 2860 0 2
5 Aspidistra 3418 0 1
6 Prof.Pepperwinkle 7082 1 0
7 bibliophage 1692 0 2
8 bibliophage 6039 4 0

Congratulations @bibliophage! You have won again.
It is your turn to pick a difficult number to guess. :slight_smile:

I have a four-digit number in mind. Commence guessing.

1234?

1234 yields no bulls and two cows.

guess number poster guess bulls cows
1 Prof.Pepperwinkle 1234 0 2

By the way. I found the number I guessed last time:

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059

5678?

Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

5678 has no bulls and one cow.

Guess # poster guess Bulls Cows
1 Prof.Pepperwinkle 1234 0 2
2 Prof.Pepperwinkle 5678 0 1

3478?

Getting there. 3478 has one bull and two cows.

Guess # poster guess Bulls Cows
1 Prof.Pepperwinkle 1234 0 2
2 Prof.Pepperwinkle 5678 0 1
3 Prof.Pepperwinkle 3478 1 2