Everything a mine finder puzzle book needs
Logic only, never a guess
Every grid is checked by a solver that thinks like a person: a puzzle that would end in a 50/50 guess is thrown away and a new one is made.
Three real difficulty levels
Easy needs only direct deductions, Medium compares two neighboring numbers, Hard chains overlapping groups of squares — the level decides the logic, not just the size.
A difficulty score for every puzzle
Each puzzle gets a 1–100 score from its longest chain of deductions, the subset steps it needs and its mine density; print it under the grid if you like.
Your grid, your mines
Grids from 6×6 to 16×20 with 8–25% mines, or one-click presets. Print the number of mines in the instruction or leave it out for an extra challenge.
Kids & Large Print editions
Kids books use 5×5 to 9×10 grids, few mines and more numbers; Senior books big squares and large print. Seasonal editions add holiday colors and titles.
Print-ready for KDP
5×8, 5.5×8.5, 6×9, 6.14×9.21, 7×10, 8×10, 8.5×11, 8.27×11.69, 8.5×8.5 trim sizes with automatic gutter and safe margins, answer keys with every mine, table of contents and PDF, PNG or SVG export.
How to create a mine finder puzzle book
- 1Choose the Mine Finder book type, an edition (Standard, Kids or Senior) and the book language.
- 2Pick Easy, Medium or Hard, or set your own grid size and share of mines.
- 3Choose whether the instruction names the number of mines and whether a difficulty score prints under each grid.
- 4Design the pages in the editor and export a print-ready PDF with answer keys for Amazon KDP.
Mine finder book generator FAQ
What is a mine finder puzzle?
A logic puzzle on a grid of squares. Some squares show a number: how many of the up to eight squares around it hide a mine. Using only those numbers, the solver marks every mine. Numbered squares never hold a mine, and a good puzzle can be finished without a single guess.
Do the puzzles ever need guessing?
No. The generator solves every grid with the same steps a person uses — a number whose mines are all found or all placed, the difference between two neighboring numbers, and chains of overlapping groups — and rejects any grid where that logic stops before every mine is known. There is never a 50/50 choice.
What do Easy, Medium and Hard mean?
The logic each level needs. Easy puzzles are solved with direct deductions from one number at a time. Medium adds set subtraction: comparing two numbers whose neighbors overlap. Hard needs chains of such subsets, and keeps fewer numbers in the grid. Bigger grids and more mines make each level longer.
How is the difficulty score calculated?
Each puzzle gets a score from 1 to 100: the longest chain of steps the solver needs (45%), how many subset steps it uses (35%) and the share of mines (20%). It lets you sort a book from gentle to tough and can print under each grid ("Difficulty 42/100").
Can I create mine finder books for Amazon KDP?
Yes. Books generated on paid plans and with credit packs include a full commercial license, KDP trim sizes with safe margins and answer keys, and you keep 100% of your royalties.
Which plans include mine finder books?
The Pro and Publisher plans and the free trial. Books in languages other than English need the Publisher plan or the free trial.
How many credits does a mine finder book cost?
One credit per puzzle, whatever its size or level. A 60-puzzle book costs 60 credits, and re-exporting the same book with design changes is free.
Can I combine it with other puzzles?
Yes. Mixed books can contain Mine Finder, Sudoku, Word Search, Maze, Word Scramble, Missing Vowels, Fill-In, Classic Number Search, Missing Vowel Word Search, Crossword, Codewords, Cryptogram, Anagram, Hidden Message Word Search, Number Search, Wordoku, Nonogram, Color Nonogram, Zebra Nonogram and Triangle Nonogram chapters in any order. Every plan makes mixed books from the puzzle types it includes: Starter mixes Sudoku, Word Search, Maze, Word Scramble, Missing Vowels, Fill-In, Classic Number Search and Missing Vowel Word Search; Pro mixes 17 types (all but Color Nonogram, Zebra Nonogram and Triangle Nonogram); Publisher mixes all 20 types.
Can I make mine finder books in German, French, Spanish, Japanese or other languages?
Yes, on the Publisher plan and in the free trial. Pick one of 10 book languages, one for each Amazon marketplace: English (amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca, amazon.com.au, amazon.in), German (amazon.de), French (amazon.fr), Spanish (amazon.es, amazon.com.mx), Italian (amazon.it), Dutch (amazon.nl), Brazilian Portuguese (amazon.com.br), Japanese (amazon.co.jp), Polish (amazon.pl), Swedish (amazon.se). Wisdom Effect then prints the texts it writes into the book in that language: puzzle and solution titles, chapter headings, the table of contents, difficulty labels, the copyright page (10 legal templates), the intro and thank-you pages and the labels on the puzzle pages, seasonal editions included. Mine finder grids have no words: the title, the instruction and the difficulty line follow the book language. Texts you write yourself are not translated, so write them in the book's language. Starter and Pro books are printed in English.
Free printable generators
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Your real KDP profit: royalties minus ads, software and one-time costs — with break-even and the ACoS your ads can afford.
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Design your KDP paperback cover online — spine and bleed sized from your page count, PDF at 300 DPI, free forever, no watermark.
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How many pages your KDP paperback will have — from word count, font and margins, or from puzzles per page and the answer key.
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Interior page size for every KDP trim, with or without bleed — minimum margins, live area and a page template.
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Drop your interior PDF: trim size, Bleed or No bleed, mixed page sizes and page count checked before KDP rejects it.
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Mine Finder, Nonograms, Sudoku, Crosswords, Codewords, Fill-Ins, Word Search, Number Search, Missing Vowels, Anagrams, Word Scrambles, Wordoku, Cryptograms and Mazes — alone or combined in one mixed activity book.