SIXYWEEKLY / 01
PUZZLES #1–7AUG 20–26
THE WEEK IN SIX LETTERS
The sweet spot was four.
Players started 136 games across puzzles #1–7, solving 116. Puzzle #5 set the high mark—then Puzzle #1 gave players the cleanest run.
WEEKLY AVG4.12guesses
DAILY DIFFICULTY
Average guesses
3.64
#1HIDDEN
4.62
#2HIDDEN
4.06
#3HIDDEN
3.95
#4HIDDEN
4.71
#5HIDDEN
3.76
#6HIDDEN
4.19
#7HIDDEN
THE SCORE CURVE
Where solves landed
1
1
2
7
3
27
4
40
5
24
6
17
The strongest cluster landed at 4 guesses, with 40 solves. Unfinished games remain part of the solve-rate calculation above.
03
THE TAKEAWAY
The repeated letters weren’t the hardest part.
5 answers repeated at least one letter, while Puzzle #5 was the toughest board of the set. Puzzle #1 had the lowest average at 3.64 guesses. That is exactly the kind of split a weekly report can make visible.