GenXer posted...
I'm not smart. Starting with "stare" this was the easiest 2 3 4 5 I'll probably ever get. But for some reason, I totally blanked on "smart" and tried three words I didn't even know existed: spart, slart and swart. I can't explain how I didn't see "smart" right away
I couldn't tell you how many times I've done a similar thing, at least once a week sometimes more. It's easy to face palm yourself after you know the answer.
As for not being smart, well you sure keep up with us. There have been a few games where I've missed 2 words, and once where I missed 3. That's on the classic difficultly too.
For someone new to the game, who may not know some of the words they like to use regularly (like utile as an example. I now get this one on my second guess because it has been used a few times, and given my starting word is stare there aren't many words where the second letter is a t and the last letter is an e) I think you're doing exceptionally well.