SIXYWEEKLY / 10
PUZZLES #64–70OCT 22–28

THE WEEK IN SIX LETTERS

Puzzle #69 was the week’s toughest test.

Players started 718 games across puzzles #64–70, solving 553. Puzzle #69 set the high mark—then Puzzle #68 gave players the cleanest run.

WEEKLY AVG3.81guesses
GAMES STARTED718across seven puzzles
SOLVE RATE77.0%553 of 718 starts solved
TOUGHEST#694.25 average guesses
SWEET SPOT3.81average guesses per solve

DAILY DIFFICULTY

Average guesses

harder
3.66
#64HIDDEN
4.01
#65HIDDEN
3.70
#66HIDDEN
3.72
#67HIDDEN
3.64
#68HIDDEN
4.25
#69HIDDEN
3.69
#70HIDDEN

THE SCORE CURVE

Where solves landed

553 solved
1
8
2
49
3
168
4
180
5
114
6
34

The strongest cluster landed at 4 guesses, with 180 solves. Unfinished games remain part of the solve-rate calculation above.

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THE TAKEAWAY

This week, repeats brought the resistance.

5 answers repeated at least one letter. Puzzle #69 included a repeat and was the toughest board of the set. Puzzle #68 used six distinct letters and had the lowest average at 3.64 guesses.