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Cows & Bulls
A word-guessing game
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- Guess a 4 letter word in 6, 8 or 10 tries.
- The answer will not contain any repeating letters - words like LOOP are a no-go.
- After each guess, you are told the number of cows & bulls for that guess.
Cows - Number of letters present in the word but in the wrong position.
Bulls - Number of letters present in the word and in the correct position.
Use the information given to you via cows & bulls to guess the answer!Let the answer be
GAME.
G is in the answer and is the first letter in both the guess & answer -
so it is a bull.A is in the answer but its position in the guess & answer are not the same -
so it is a cow.In-game, when you do not know the answer - you can only tell:
- 2 letters in G, O, A & L are in the answer.
- Out of these 2 letters, only 1 of them is in the correct position.
Use the fact that positional information is given to you to narrow down the answer!