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If you run into that situation, then just turn off hard mode and put PRIDE to eliminate some words.

I found that only happens if you try to hit the most common letters in your first guesses. If you use middle of the road letters you tend to get only a couple while eliminating a lot - s and e would be bad early letters because they don’t reduce enough words

Yeah I started off only playing hard mode until they threw in a SHA?E word. Then I realized it's only hard because it isn't fair.