---
title: "597: 2023-02-06"
date: 2023-02-06T09:41:58+01:00
tags: ["numeric"]
contests: ["2023-02-orate"]
words: ["orate","misty","filth","width","ninth"]
openers: ["orate"]
middlers: ["misty","filth","width"]
puzzles: [597]
hashes: ["AAACAACACAACACCACACCCCCCCXXXXX"]
shifts: ["tpvcr"]
state: {
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    "orate",
    "misty",
    "filth",
    "width",
    "ninth",
    ""
  ],
  "evaluations": [
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      "absent",
      "absent",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "absent"
    ],
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      "absent",
      "correct",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "absent"
    ],
    [
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    [
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    [
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    null
  ],
  "rowIndex": 5,
  "solution": "ninth",
  "gameStatus": "WIN",
  "lastPlayedTs": 1675672918280,
  "lastCompletedTs": 1675672918280,
  "hardMode": true,
  "settings": {
    "hardMode": true,
    "darkMode": true,
    "colorblindMode": false
  },
  "gameId": 1245,
  "dayOffset": 597,
  "timestamp": 1675672918
}
stats: {
  "currentStreak": 1,
  "maxStreak": 1,
  "guesses": {
    "1": 0,
    "2": 0,
    "3": 0,
    "4": 0,
    "5": 1,
    "6": 0,
    "fail": 0
  },
  "winPercentage": 100,
  "gamesPlayed": 1,
  "gamesWon": 1,
  "averageGuesses": 5,
  "isOnStreak": false,
  "hasPlayed": true
}
---
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High difficulty. I was pretty sure after the opener that it had to end in h or y. I guessed y and was wrong. My middle guesses were strong. I was happy with them. It became clear that there had to be a duplicate. I got the solution on my first guess after realizing this.