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
-
trice ✨
Puzzle Score: 33
Golf. Low scores are better.
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
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.