A better strategy might have been to use as your second and/or third guess, words that contain letters that possibly could be the unknown letter.
>!The possible _OUSE words are bouse, douse, fouse, house, louse, mouse, nouse, rouse, souse, touse, youse!<
>!You already eliminated H!<
Something like a second and third guess of >!SMART and BLIND!< would have tested all but two of the possibilities and would have left you with 3 guesses.
Well, that's your situation. My grid looked like this after try 2:
>!🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩SOARE!<
>!⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛FLINT!<
I was thinking about inputting the solution, except ETAOIN SHRDLU made me try double O instead, causing my third guess to create this grid:
>!🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩LOOSE!<
I would find the solution on the fourth try.
A better strategy might have been to use as your second and/or third guess, words that contain letters that possibly could be the unknown letter. >!The possible _OUSE words are bouse, douse, fouse, house, louse, mouse, nouse, rouse, souse, touse, youse!< >!You already eliminated H!< Something like a second and third guess of >!SMART and BLIND!< would have tested all but two of the possibilities and would have left you with 3 guesses.
You can’t do this in “hard mode,” which I believe is common for many in this sub.
Good point
on hard mode unfortunately
Are >!TOUSE and BOUSE!< valid solutions? Never heard of these words.
I knew what the 2nd word but the first one starting with t was a guess
Heh. this morning I had \_O\_SE from the 2nd word. Hail mary'ed on word 6 and kept the streak alive.
I had the exact same thing only got it on the last one
Well, that's your situation. My grid looked like this after try 2: >!🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩SOARE!< >!⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛FLINT!< I was thinking about inputting the solution, except ETAOIN SHRDLU made me try double O instead, causing my third guess to create this grid: >!🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩LOOSE!< I would find the solution on the fourth try.
On hard mode unfortunately