Mine Typer

Overview

Mine Typer is a minesweeper-style game with a twist. Fill in missing words to earn mining supplies. Open safe paths through the mine shaft so your miner can bring every gem back to town.

Fill in missing words

Select a missing word and type its letters. Each correct letter earns a pickaxe immediately. Complete a word correctly to earn a coin.

When the content item is finished, choose Next Item.

Mistakes have a cost

An incorrect letter fills in the rest of that word and highlights the missed letters. It also increases the pickaxe cost of up to 10 random covered squares!

So type carefully! Take your time—although there is a timer in the game for reference, there is no time limit.

Dig with pickaxes

Select an affordable covered square to dig. Its small number shows the pickaxe cost:

• Sand: 2 pickaxes
• Dirt: 5 pickaxes
• Rock: 9 pickaxes

Dimmed squares require more pickaxes than you currently have.

Read the mine shaft

A large number in an open square counts bombs in its eight neighboring squares, including diagonals.

Small arrows point toward covered neighbors. Revealing a square with no nearby bombs automatically opens the surrounding safe area.

Mark your guesses

Right-click a covered square, or tap and hold on a touch screen, to cycle through:

• Bomb
• Circle
• Question mark
• No marker

Markers help you plan, but do not prevent digging.

Watch out for bombs

A revealed bomb explodes after a short warning. Nearby columns collapse and refill, covering open spaces again.

Underlying bomb locations stay the same. The town’s bomb sign counts your explosions.

Bring home every gem

Reveal a connected empty path from the entrance to a gem. Your miner retrieves it and places it on a trophy stand, adding a gem to your inventory.

Collect every gem to finish the town, then choose Next Town. Your inventory and upgrades carry forward. Starting a new game resets them.

Shop for a helping hand

Spend coins on power-ups:

• Safe Skip: Complete the top missing word without penalty.
• Deep Research: Reveal a random letter in each missing word.
• Lucky Strike: Reveal random covered safe squares.
• Helping Hand: Send the miner to dig safe squares.
• Big Reveal: Uncover the next hidden gem.

Spend gems on lasting upgrades that reduce digging costs or strengthen Lucky Strike and Helping Hand.

Make yourself at home

Use Settings to adjust available preferences, including potential bomb arrows. Drag the panel dividers to change the layout.

Keyboard controls for typing area:

• Up / Down: Select the previous or next missing word.
• Right: Move from typing into the mine shaft.

Keyboard controls for mine shaft:

• Arrow keys: Move between mine shaft squares.
• Enter: Dig the selected square.
• 1 / B / F: Bomb marker.
• 2 / C: Circle marker.
• 3 / Q / ?: Question mark.
• 0: Remove the marker.
• Esc: Return to typing.
• Left at the left edge / Up at the top edge: Return to typing.

Replay the tutorial anytime using the ? button.