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Gevin Chapwell I know the sample size isn't as large but it still seems weird that six small have been quite a lot more solvable in omelette than in normal.

Gevin Chapwell Just speculation really :

Charlie has stated that in normal games, Apterous will find solutions by looking for the simplest ones first (using the fewest numbers).

But sometimes lag means that Apterous will fail to spot a solution so, for example, where it says that only 83% of 6-smalls are solvable (http://apterous.org/statland.php?section=numbers_diff) it might be an underestimate.

It might also be that looking for solutions that use all the numbers first is more fruitful and that even though in omelette you are limited by having to use all six, the trade off is worth it.

As I say, this is speculation, but perhaps this partly explains why a whopping 91% of 6-small have been possible in omelette numbers compared to 83% in normal. The difference does seem remarkably large, however.

Matthew Tassier Admittedly I'm a bit slow to spot this, but the reason is that there is only 1 of each small number in the available numbers so you never get duplicate smalls and 6s is therefore more solvable in Omelette than Normal.

Gevin Chapwell I don't think I ever knew that.