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+---
+title: "1696: 2026-02-09"
+date: 2026-02-09T06:54:19-08:00
+tags: []
+git_branch: 2026-02-09_1696
+contests: []
+words: ["smoke","goner","depot","cello"]
+openers: ["smoke"]
+middlers: ["goner","depot"]
+puzzles: [1696]
+hashes: ["AAPAPAPAPAACAPACCCCCXXXXXXXXXX"]
+openerHashes: ["AAPAP"]
+shifts: ["iltuy"]
+state: {
+  "puzzleDate": "2026-02-09",
+  "boardState": [
+    "smoke",
+    "goner",
+    "depot",
+    "cello",
+    "",
+    ""
+  ],
+  "evaluations": [
+    [
+      "absent",
+      "absent",
+      "present",
+      "absent",
+      "present"
+    ],
+    [
+      "absent",
+      "present",
+      "absent",
+      "present",
+      "absent"
+    ],
+    [
+      "absent",
+      "correct",
+      "absent",
+      "present",
+      "absent"
+    ],
+    [
+      "correct",
+      "correct",
+      "correct",
+      "correct",
+      "correct"
+    ],
+    null,
+    null
+  ],
+  "rowIndex": 4,
+  "solution": "cello",
+  "gameStatus": "WIN",
+  "hardMode": true,
+  "gameId": "1871",
+  "dayOffset": 1696,
+  "timestamp": 1770648859,
+  "datetime": "2026-02-09T06:54:19",
+  "schemaVersion": "0.44.0"
+}
+stats: undefined
+---
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