---
title: "603: 2023-02-12"
date: 2023-02-12T04:45:06-08:00
tags: []
contests: ["2023-02-orate"]
words: ["orate","chant","slant","giant"]
openers: ["orate"]
middlers: ["chant","slant"]
puzzles: [603]
hashes: ["AACPAAACCCAACCCCCCCCXXXXXXXXXX"]
shifts: ["mpiwd"]
state: {
  "boardState": [
    "orate",
    "chant",
    "slant",
    "giant",
    "",
    ""
  ],
  "evaluations": [
    [
      "absent",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "present",
      "absent"
    ],
    [
      "absent",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    [
      "absent",
      "absent",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    [
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct",
      "correct"
    ],
    null,
    null
  ],
  "rowIndex": 4,
  "solution": "giant",
  "gameStatus": "WIN",
  "lastPlayedTs": 1676205906523,
  "lastCompletedTs": 1676205906523,
  "hardMode": true,
  "settings": {
    "hardMode": true,
    "darkMode": true,
    "colorblindMode": false
  },
  "gameId": 1717,
  "dayOffset": 603,
  "timestamp": 1676205906
}
stats: {
  "currentStreak": 1,
  "maxStreak": 1,
  "guesses": {
    "1": 0,
    "2": 0,
    "3": 0,
    "4": 1,
    "5": 0,
    "6": 0,
    "fail": 0
  },
  "winPercentage": 100,
  "gamesPlayed": 1,
  "gamesWon": 1,
  "averageGuesses": 4,
  "isOnStreak": false,
  "hasPlayed": true
}
---
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Tried to do the non obvious thing with guess two and it worked. There were still too many possibilities after that though.