{
  "puzzle": {
    "id": "2026-08-27:4:wordchute:2026-08-27:4:v1",
    "dropNumber": 1,
    "date": "2026-08-27",
    "tileCount": 32
  },
  "dictionaryVersion": "wordchute-en-v5",
  "definitions": {
    "stateRoutes": "Sequences of distinct remaining-tile states that reach a clear.",
    "wordTileRoutes": "Sequences of word plus removed-tile-set choices that reach a clear.",
    "literalPathRoutes": "Sequences of literal ordered finger paths that reach a clear."
  },
  "opening": {
    "literalPaths": "146",
    "wordTileMoves": 145,
    "resultingStates": 123,
    "winningWordTileMoves": 143
  },
  "clears": {
    "stateRoutes": "939874993",
    "wordTileRoutes": "4563697541",
    "literalPathRoutes": "6917167611",
    "minimumWords": 5,
    "maximumWords": 8
  },
  "search": {
    "uniqueNonemptyStates": 2748184,
    "moveEnumerations": 2748184,
    "cacheHits": 100821296,
    "literalPathsEnumerated": 108496552,
    "elapsedMs": 259459,
    "heapUsedMb": 488
  },
  "board": {
    "size": 4,
    "columnOrder": "left to right",
    "tileOrder": "bottom to top",
    "columns": [
      "MIXSHNDI",
      "ONIHEDVV",
      "WRPOSAEI",
      "TEUHEYPR"
    ]
  },
  "scope": {
    "kind": "fixed-prefix-continuations",
    "interpretation": "Exact full-clear continuation counts after the specified two paths; lower bounds for the original 32-tile board. Not an exhaustive original-board total.",
    "prefix": [
      {
        "word": "MIX",
        "path": [
          {
            "col": 0,
            "row": 0
          },
          {
            "col": 0,
            "row": 1
          },
          {
            "col": 0,
            "row": 2
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "word": "SHOW",
        "path": [
          {
            "col": 0,
            "row": 0
          },
          {
            "col": 0,
            "row": 1
          },
          {
            "col": 1,
            "row": 0
          },
          {
            "col": 2,
            "row": 0
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "coordinateConvention": "Zero-based columns left to right; rows bottom to top in the position before each move.",
    "remainingTiles": 25,
    "startStateMask": 4294901472,
    "bitConvention": "Original tiles indexed bottom to top in each column, columns left to right; a set bit denotes a surviving tile.",
    "openingField": "The opening field describes the position after MIX and SHOW. originalOpening describes the initial 32-tile board.",
    "minimumMaximumWords": "Counts of additional words after the fixed prefix, excluding MIX and SHOW."
  },
  "originalOpening": {
    "literalPaths": "148",
    "wordTileMoves": 148,
    "resultingStates": 126
  },
  "methodology": {
    "recordedAt": "2026-10-06T15:58:31.991Z",
    "exhaustive": true,
    "truncated": false,
    "exhaustiveScope": "Every legal continuation from the fixed-prefix position under the recorded dictionary; no move-depth or state-budget cutoff.",
    "counterSha256": "db9aea161b606caac2670bf11e9f0a31a8ecef36832c08948eee60969153cca6",
    "baselineCounterSha256": "ca383c0a2bf266c5e86802aab67144fc0e52ea4efcf2b707852071758aea027f",
    "dictionarySha256": "803d7ae8f7744f00f5d03542d44ec660f3eda47a3139855e1673b1ff35d4b5c5",
    "counterAdaptations": [
      "Start from the surviving-tile mask after the fixed prefix.",
      "Precompute neighbor indexes per state and track used tiles with masks; counting recurrence unchanged."
    ],
    "verification": "Word/tile/path multiplicities matched the baseline on 300 deterministic states including the full board. All three exhaustive totals matched on ten small/subset states. Fixed prefix independently replayed through the server evaluator.",
    "runtimeNote": "Timing and heap figures describe one local run, not a performance guarantee.",
    "counterSourceUrl": "/research/wordchute-drop-1-counter.txt"
  }
}