457: 2022-09-19

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Date: September 19, 2022

Puzzle: 457

Outcome: fail

Hard Mode: true

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Guesses: X (⛔️ Spoilers❗️)
# Word Usage Before After Diff
1 honey 19 / 30 ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 10 ⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ 9 -1
2 spear 2 / 2 ⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ 9 ⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 8 -1
3 redux 1 / 1 ✅ ⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 8 🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ 8 0
4 bribe 1 / 1 ✅ 🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ 8 ⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 4 -4
5 trite 2 / 2 ⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 2 -2
6 trike 1 / 1 ✅ 🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 2 0
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Puzzle Score: 33
Category Count Score Notes
Outcome fail 0 No penalty for a loss
Guesses X N/A Guess count doesn't factor directly into the score
Correct 11 0 11 * 0 pts
Present 5 5 5 * 1 pts
Absent 14 28 14 * 2 pts
Golf. Low scores are better.

Brutal solution. I can’t recall the definition. I considered it for my final guess but opted out. My starting word didn’t set me up well to solve. Duplicate letters on guesses four and five could have been chosen better.

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Published: 2022-09-19 05:36 -0700
Committed: 2022-10-04 03:25 +0000
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