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Daily puzzles: March 31

Here are my results for the various daily puzzles. Feel free to post your results in the comments section. (View my Set score history here.)

SECRET WORD: 4 guesses.
SCRAMBLED WORD: 17 clicks (avg.: 30.1 clicks).

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1.

I got 4 guesses for the secret word too! First time I've ever tried one. Probably a fluke but I'm stupidly happy anyhow.

2.

4 guesses
11 clicks

3.

Secret Word: 5 guesses
Scrambled Word: 9 clicks....'aesop' seemed a little unfair though. My right-to-left technique works reasonably well for words like this because I strictly play the odds of a particular letter being in a particular place.




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