I play with the same style. It leads to more pars than birds but less flat out failures.Sometimes it's my style of play that costs me.
I thought about the right answer for my third guess, but I didn't do it because I would try/ burn fewer letters. I always want to throw out as letters as I can. I think it might mean i get fewer great scores, but that I lose less.
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