Date: March 30, 2022
Puzzle: 2301
Outcome: win
Hard Mode: true
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⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Share: ↘️ Standard | ↘️ Enhanced | ↘️ Spoilers
| # | Word | Usage | Before | After | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aisle | 4 / 6 | ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 10 | 🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 9 | -1 |
| 2 | board | 2 / 6 | 🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 9 | ⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ 7 | -2 |
| 3 | marry | 1 / 1 ✅ | ⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ 7 | ⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 | -5 |
| 4 | carry | 1 / 1 ✅ | ⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 | ⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 | 0 |
| 5 | harry ✨ | 1 / 1 ✅ | ⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0 | -2 |
| Category | Count | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | win | 0 | No penalty for a loss |
| Guesses | 5 | N/A | Guess count doesn't factor directly into the score |
| Correct | 14 | 0 | 14 * 0 pts |
| Present | 2 | 2 | 2 * 1 pts |
| Absent | 9 | 18 | 9 * 2 pts |
This puzzle was originally puzzle 284 but apparently NY Times reordered it to near the very end of the solution list. Interesting that they didn’t change the length of the solution list from 2309, but they changed the order instead.