ShadowAngel7

Mike's got it he gets all remaining points to be allotted

CRUST Known P means C wrong. PRIDE=1 means R wrong. PLUMP=1 means U wrong. If CRUST=0 then H from PLUSH is correct. If CRUST=1 then S is correct, as both CRUST and PLUSH must have one of last 2 correct.

Brainiac you're NEXT word. (all caps is guess)

Finals is 1

Thanks brainiac, sorry I'm limited to phone ATM y'all. PILOTS is 3

That's 2; final TS is known now

LOOT BOAT=1 disproves final T; L disproven previously; so if LOOT=2, *OO* is correct

Still on phone....REDACT=0 so 5 each to fabpig and mike

Soon's I have a chance to get on my comp, mike gets 5 bc undone is 0 and his logic is correct.

HARMONY If HARMONY=2 then ***MEN* is correct; E is above; N is b/c HARMFUL=1 eliminates HAR****; COUNTRY=0 eliminates ******Y, and ****E** contradicts ****O** possibility, leaving only ***M*N* from HARMONY, plus ****E** already proved. If HARMONY=1, then ***ME*G is (somehow) correct; remaining correct from FARMING must be either N or G; HARMONY=1 with M known means N is incorrect, leaving only G.

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Okay, so that whole chart thing said that the other correct letter in FARMERS had to be either the first R or the E. CORNICE=0 says it can't be the R, so it must be the E. so, ***ME**

At the moment yeah those were; that was laying the groundwork for a set of if-then propositions

By the way, please add all my points to Shadow7

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PRIDE If PRIZE>PRIDE then ***Z* is correct as only difference. if PRIDE>PRIZE then ***D* is correct as only difference. If perchance PRIDE=PRIZE=4, then PRI*E is correct as the constants. If they are equal with less than 4, then some subset of those is correct.

It can't be 2; PAWN=0 disproves P*** LONE If 0, **S* because one letter different from LOSE=1 If both POSE and LONE are 1, then it can't be either L*** or **S*, and WINE eliminates ***E, so it must be *O**.

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CORNICE can have from 0-3 due to COUNTRY=0-->CO***** is wrong; known ***M*** means ***N*** is wrong; comparative letter presence based logic on FARMING, HARMING, FORMERS, CORNERS, FARMERS indicates that ****I** is wrong (just a minute I'll add a table that shows what I mean lower down). HARMFUL can have 1-5 based on FARMING/HARMING same score means H****** is wrong, comparative letter presence again indicates A is wrong. F A R M I N G H A R M I N G F O R M E R S C O R N E R S F A R M E R S Red letters are guaranteed no's due to other words or due to the known M (in blue). All of these words have 2 letters correct, except for CORNERS. The M in the others is known to be correct. Therefore out of all but the center letter, each word has ONE correct. Let's begin with FORMERS and CORNERS, as the other correct letter must be one of **R*E**. If the correct letter is R, then that is correct for all 5 words, and none of *A**ING is correct. However, if it is the E that is correct, FARMING and HARMING still need a second correct letter. FARMERS would then indicate that *A***** cannot be correct, as it already has 2 correct letters. Nor can ****I** be correct; we already have an E in that position. Thus, the correct from FARMING and HARMING would have to be one of *****NG. Thus, either **RM*** is correct, or ***ME** is correct along with one out of *****NG.

CORNICE

Mike, you're up here, too

FARMERS if score is 3, *A***** b/c only one letter changed fr FORMERS=2. EDIT: That'd also reveal ****E** because FARMING is only 2, with *A*M*** known (as a result of FARMERS/FORMERS/CORNERS)

****** (sry, I like stars for the blanks better)

ONWARD Gut guess based on 5 of INWARD, not much left lol.