SIXYWEEKLY / 02
PUZZLES #8–14AUG 27–SEP 2
THE WEEK IN SIX LETTERS
The sweet spot was four.
Players started 173 games across puzzles #8–14, solving 150. Puzzle #8 set the high mark—then Puzzle #14 gave players the cleanest run.
WEEKLY AVG4.05guesses
DAILY DIFFICULTY
Average guesses
4.50
#8HIDDEN
4.00
#9HIDDEN
4.27
#10HIDDEN
4.18
#11HIDDEN
4.00
#12HIDDEN
3.86
#13HIDDEN
3.69
#14HIDDEN
THE SCORE CURVE
Where solves landed
1
0
2
3
3
54
4
43
5
32
6
18
The strongest cluster landed at 3 guesses, with 54 solves. Unfinished games remain part of the solve-rate calculation above.
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THE TAKEAWAY
The repeated letters weren’t the hardest part.
1 answers repeated at least one letter, while Puzzle #8 was the toughest board of the set. Puzzle #14 had the lowest average at 3.69 guesses. That is exactly the kind of split a weekly report can make visible.