December 2016
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
9h 5m
English

Bagels is a deduction game in which the player tries to guess a random three-digit number (with no repeating digits) generated by the computer. After each guess, the computer gives the player three types of clues:
Bagels None of the three digits guessed is in the secret number.
Pico One of the digits is in the secret number, but the guess has the digit in the wrong place.
Fermi The guess has a correct digit in the correct place.
The computer can give multiple clues, which are sorted in alphabetical order. If the secret number is 456 and the player’s guess is 546, the clues would be “fermi pico pico.” The “fermi” is ...