That's where hardcore screws you (spoiler)
by AIRBORNEIRISH (2024-04-23 15:53:22)

In reply to: This post embiggens my spirit  posted by John_Kreese

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Lover
Mover
Cover
Hover
Rover

I have run into this exact same problem before and at that point if you stick to the rules of hardcore it's not smarts but luck that gets you the W. Sorry.

I was lucky enough to get the intial R quickly
by ufl  (2024-04-23 16:06:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

so I didn't run into that problem. But it is very annoying when you guess four letters and realize that there are a multiplicity of choices for the fifth which lead to actual words.
Agreed - folks who don't play "difficult" mode can't relate
by AIRBORNEIRISH  (2024-04-23 17:14:03)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I guess that is life... That said there probably is a "game" here in that we should probably guess the words with repeating letters before exhausting common words. I think something similar is what did my streak in months ago.
I randomly guessed (spoiler)
by ocnd  (2024-04-23 16:04:51)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

river on my 3rd guess, so rover was an easy 4th