RUMPLED
if it scores 3.5 P is the fourth letter
L has already been eliminated by CALLING
the other letters are already accounted for via RUMORED
if it scores .5 then we know that OR are the 4th and fifith letters as those are the only ones I have changed from RUMORED
REEDS
Books scored 0 so we know S is not last letter
Both Reads and Reams score 1 so it is not M or D for second to last letter
Both Beams and Reams score one so we know the first letter is not B or R
So either the 2nd or third letter must be correct
if REEDS scores 2 Both 2nd and 3rd letter are E as the only thing that has changed is the A in READS
if REEDS scores 1 Second letter is E as we have changed the A to E with no effect
if REEDS scores 0 A is the third letter because it is the only letter we have changed from READS
This has probably gone on long enough, why does that always happen to flamebirde?
@flamebird Your questionably mutually exclusive events take the cake, you are up...