SIXYWEEKLY / 05
PUZZLES #29–35SEP 17–23
THE WEEK IN SIX LETTERS
The weekly average landed at 3.89.
Players started 220 games across puzzles #29–35, solving 195. Puzzle #30 set the high mark—then Puzzle #34 gave players the cleanest run.
WEEKLY AVG3.89guesses
DAILY DIFFICULTY
Average guesses
4.17
#29HIDDEN
4.29
#30HIDDEN
3.86
#31HIDDEN
3.68
#32HIDDEN
4.07
#33HIDDEN
3.39
#34HIDDEN
3.65
#35HIDDEN
THE SCORE CURVE
Where solves landed
1
1
2
15
3
59
4
63
5
44
6
13
The strongest cluster landed at 4 guesses, with 63 solves. Unfinished games remain part of the solve-rate calculation above.
03
THE TAKEAWAY
The repeated letters weren’t the hardest part.
2 answers repeated at least one letter, while Puzzle #30 was the toughest board of the set. Puzzle #34 had the lowest average at 3.39 guesses. That is exactly the kind of split a weekly report can make visible.