Yeah, this one doesn't count. I accidentally messed up and saw the answer yesterday when making sure the number matched.
I tried to forget, but I unfortunately am horrible at forgetting things. So I tried to simulate a "blind" game, except I ran out of sensible moves, so I gave up.
This one had me stuck thinking of viable words to try. I had to use a word finder, and the first viable one was the answer. Odd that I didn't think to try that, despite seeing the word fairly commonly.
Ouch. I had a really bad start because I tried to be clever. Also, I knew I should've went with my other idea for my fourth guess. I also just had to come up with a word I knew wasn't right just to figure out which letters were where, because I couldn't think of any words.
I wonder how many decades it's been since I've used this word...
ROGUE
TRAIL
BRINK
CRIMP
PRIMP
(Depending on the etymology, I've a feeling it might be hard for ESL players!)
Yeah, I never would've guessed that. I couldn't even come up with any guesses. The more I play this, the more I realize just how many words I don't know or remember.