Today’s opener, SALET, locked in the last two positions immediately — the E and T at the end came up green right away, narrowing the field to 53 candidates. A promising start, but still plenty of room to go wrong.

The solver pivoted to REMET for round two, a guess designed to probe common vowel placements and consonants. It confirmed the E and T at positions four and five again, and revealed a misplaced E lurking somewhere earlier in the word. With just 22 candidates left, the shape of the answer was coming into focus.

Round three, the pattern clicked: double-E in the middle, ending in T, and that first letter had to be T too. TWEET — the answer was staring right at us. A clean 3/6, and one of those satisfying solves where the grid tells the story without any wasted moves.