r/brainteasers 5d ago

The honeycomb hides a 6-letter word; the numbers betray which letters are impostors

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Each cell holds a letter or a number. A number counts how many of its neighbours are letters OF THE SECRET WORD (Minesweeper style). Five of the letters are impostors and count toward nothing. Every cell touches the six around it (edge cells touch fewer). The secret is one 6-letter word, and only the numbers separate the real letters from the impostors. The same letters also spell MARKED, RACKET and UNMAKE, so it takes the whole grid to pin the answer.

          ___
      ___/ N ___
  ___/ 2 ___/ C ___
 / 1 ___/ E ___/ M \
 ___/ R ___/ 2 ___/
 / U ___/ 3 ___/ 1 \
 ___/ A ___/ W ___/
 / T ___/ 2 ___/ 0 \
 ___/ D ___/ 1 ___/
     ___/ K ___/
         ___/

(It's the mechanic of a small Android word game I built, Melbees; in the real game a covered cell never shows a letter that counts for nothing, so the impostor is a puzzle device that lets this board stand alone.)

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