Narrowing the Field
📋 What it is
Elimination — crossing out what can’t be true until only the answer is left.
🗣️ Coach says
You don’t have to guess the answer straight away. Cross out what’s impossible and the field shrinks. When only one option is left, that’s your answer — proven, not guessed.
🧠 Memory hook
Rule it OUT to rule it IN. Every "can’t be" is progress.
😂 Giggle
Why did the detective love Mastermind?
Because it's all about narrowing down the suspects!
😲 Whoa!
This is how Sherlock Holmes works: "eliminate the impossible, and whatever remains — however improbable — must be the truth."
✅ Quick check: Five suspects, and clues rule out three. How many guesses do you need for the rest?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
At most one — with two left and a single clue, elimination points straight at the answer.
Each elimination halves (or better) the possibilities, so the end comes fast.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Think of a number 1–20 with a friend. Ask only yes/no questions ("Is it bigger than 10?") and count how few it takes to find it.