---
title: "593: 2023-02-02"
date: 2023-02-02T00:35:09+01:00
tags: ["groundhog-day"]
contests: ["2023-02-orate"]
words: ["orate","quirk","shirk"]
openers: ["orate"]
middlers: ["quirk"]
puzzles: [593]
hashes: ["APAAAAACCCCCCCCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"]
shifts: ["yoqau"]
state: {
  "boardState": [
    "orate",
    "quirk",
    "shirk",
    "",
    "",
    ""
  ],
  "evaluations": [
    [
      "absent",
      "present",
      "absent",
      "absent",
      "absent"
    ],
    [
      "absent",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    [
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    null,
    null,
    null
  ],
  "rowIndex": 3,
  "solution": "shirk",
  "gameStatus": "WIN",
  "lastPlayedTs": 1675294509886,
  "lastCompletedTs": 1675294509886,
  "hardMode": true,
  "settings": {
    "hardMode": true,
    "darkMode": true,
    "colorblindMode": false
  },
  "gameId": 1182,
  "dayOffset": 593,
  "timestamp": 1675294509
}
stats: {
  "currentStreak": 1,
  "maxStreak": 1,
  "guesses": {
    "1": 0,
    "2": 0,
    "3": 1,
    "4": 0,
    "5": 0,
    "6": 0,
    "fail": 0
  },
  "winPercentage": 100,
  "gamesPlayed": 1,
  "gamesWon": 1,
  "averageGuesses": 3,
  "isOnStreak": false,
  "hasPlayed": true
}
---
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Spent some time considering second guesses. Worked out pretty well. Then went with my first reaction for guess three and it worked out. Almost did Smirk instead.