288: 2022-04-03

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Date: April 3, 2022

Puzzle: 288

Outcome: win

Hard Mode: false

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Guesses: 6 (⛔️ Spoilers❗️)
# Word Usage Before After Diff
1 mouse 2 / 27 ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 10 ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 9 -1
2 clear 1 / 1 ✅ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 9 ⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 7 -2
3 never 1 / 1 ✅ ⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 7 ⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 4 -3
4 deter 1 / 1 ✅ ⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 4 ⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 4 0
5 refer 1 / 1 ✅ ⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 4 ⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 3 -1
6 fewer ✨ 1 / 1 ✅ ⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0 -3

Puzzle Score: 27
Category Count Score Notes
Outcome win 0 No penalty for a loss
Guesses 6 N/A Guess count doesn't factor directly into the score
Correct 15 0 15 * 0 pts
Present 3 3 3 * 1 pts
Absent 12 24 12 * 2 pts
Golf. Low scores are better.

This was the first puzzle I played on NY Times in a while. I transitioned from my hosted Wordle with save button to my new workflow with iOS shortcut. There were too many headaches due to changes made by NY Times. I didn’t want to deal with them anymore.

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Published: 2022-04-03 22:42 -0700
Committed: 2022-10-04 03:25 +0000
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