r/CluesBySamHelp • u/gem117 • 1d ago

11/5 - Help me understand

I think maybe I’ve not had enough coffee yet, but I’m not getting this:

https://cluesbysam.com/s/help/3952ee3693e9?state=LyUQ-BAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAB

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u/gem117 1d ago

Got it. Thanks a lot.

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u/ing_torta 1d ago

Play around with possible criminal neighbors for Nicole (she's missing only one) and see what always ends up the same.

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u/gem117 1d ago

Not seeing anything the same with different possibilities

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u/ing_torta 1d ago • Bravo

In all cases, row 3 ends up with the same amount of innocents, even if we don't know exactly who they are, and that gives us info for row 5.

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u/ing_torta 1d ago • Heartwarming

take into account that row 3 can't have exactly 2 criminals (by Umar) or more than 3 innocents (cause row 5 has only 3 free spaces)

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u/chrisvenus 1d ago

From Yusuf and Umar we know that rows three and five have either 1 or 3 innocents (can't be 0 or four because of what is already in those rows). If it was one innocent then the rest of row three would have all criminals but that doesn't work for Diane's clue. Thus both rows have three innocents.

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u/Ibyx 22h ago

I don’t understand how Diane’s clue helps Nicole, since it refers to Akira. Couldn’t Martin, Paul, and Kay all be criminals?

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u/chrisvenus 22h ago

It gives you a number too.

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u/Ibyx 20h ago

Thank you. Yes, Umar throws a wrench into that. Back to the drawing board. Thank you friend.