went with hound over wound and bound as it seemed less commonly used, and D1 noted lots of misses. So, was looking for least common over most commonly used....
If Hound was not it I would have probably gone bound over wound... I think...maybe coin flip.. just feel lucky not to bust streak.. would have gladly taken 6..
After seeing D1's noted I was tempted to start with LZNXY or something like that....lol
Once it got into the _OUND it was all too clear where the issue was...
Spoiler:
If you have _OUND in 2-3, with greater than remaining spots left of sound, found, wound, round, pound, hound, bound, mound there's probably good reason to go with something like PROBE or WHOSE to eliminate possibilities / find the right answer. Hard mode doesn't let you do that, so you just gotta roll the dice.
Yeah, I actually got it in 4. I knew it was _ound on guess 3, but I still had like 5 or 6 options and I really suck at flips, so I was sure I would bust. Looks like everyone survived too, good job!
BINK!!! When I hit an A and E in the wrong spot I pretty much always go PLANE next... figured PLATE would be a good substitute for info.... then bang!!!