{"id":357458,"date":"2026-07-10T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-map-hopper-nyt-wordle-1196-how-i-solved-it\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:47:14","slug":"the-map-hopper-nyt-wordle-1196-how-i-solved-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=357458","title":{"rendered":"The map hopper: NYT Wordle #1196: How I solved it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-1735950974703408162\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"\/><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjEsjjLNzXmFZy6t7VhFKa_-egjM1WZgR0bqSDaIsgfqJAQgH6GRvdJvTSpjCNJKCGe9XlBgD-FBEA8dcbjNnEfvmmH4c4-qkoE1AHTXnO0AGsdwI8vofsCCQ4dwRAuZULpL1UTPxDFI0pttIY3vMPMkXGjTT8E_Em2W4HhVSxb435WbHaQHR5fVHDtfIcB\/s1200\/wordle_og_1200x630.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"630\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjEsjjLNzXmFZy6t7VhFKa_-egjM1WZgR0bqSDaIsgfqJAQgH6GRvdJvTSpjCNJKCGe9XlBgD-FBEA8dcbjNnEfvmmH4c4-qkoE1AHTXnO0AGsdwI8vofsCCQ4dwRAuZULpL1UTPxDFI0pttIY3vMPMkXGjTT8E_Em2W4HhVSxb435WbHaQHR5fVHDtfIcB\/w387-h203\/wordle_og_1200x630.png\" width=\"387\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><br \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy: www.nytimes.com\/<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Today, the 27th of September 2024, is game 1196 of NYT Wordle. I try to solve this daily and have completed 355 of these over the last couple of years. So here is my Wordle journey for today, which includes my guesses, thought process, some statistics, and, of course, the ANSWER!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">I always start my Wordle with &#8216;<b>Trace<\/b>&#8216;. Let&#8217;s see what that resulted into:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><b><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">After the first guess:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span>\ud83d\udfe8<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span>\ud83d\udfe8<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Ok. Let&#8217;s put together a few sets of possibilities with the information received:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">1. Atoll<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2716<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2716<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">2. Adopt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">3. Aloft<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">4. About<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">5. Allot<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">6. Fatal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">7. Baton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">8. Patio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">9. Satan<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">10. Haunt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">11. Gaunt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">12. Daunt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">13. Vault<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">14. Gamut<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">15. Jaunt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">16. Balot<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">17. Fault<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">18. Vital<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">19. Quota<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">19 words is fine for now. Let&#8217;s analyze them first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Highest probability of &#8216;A&#8217; occurring is at the 1st or 2nd spots<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">For &#8216;T&#8217;, it is the last spot and the 3rd spot respectively<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">9 O&#8217;s, 9 U&#8217;s, 2 I&#8217;s, and 2 double A&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">For O&#8217;s and U&#8217;s, 3rd spot makes sense<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Amongst consonants, &#8216;L&#8217; and &#8216;N&#8217; seems to occur more frequently than others.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8216;L&#8217; occurs in almost all places. &#8216;N&#8217; occurs in the 4th place more often<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">So the ideal word would be something like ALONT or LAUNT, but obviously, Wordle wouldn&#8217;t accept either. I think I will not use &#8216;A&#8217; in this guess at all and focus on getting other info. The word I am thinking of going for is &#8216;Blunt&#8217; as it contains both &#8216;L&#8217; and &#8216;N&#8217;, &#8216;N&#8217; at the 4th place, &#8216;T&#8217; in the 5th place, &#8216;U&#8217; in the 3rd place, and a decent compromise in &#8216;B&#8217;, which does occur 3 times. So, &#8216;<b>Blunt<\/b>&#8216; it is!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><b>After the s<\/b><b>econd guess:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2b1b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83d\udfe8<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Bit of a surprise. Let&#8217;s see which words out of the list could still be a possible answer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>1. Atoll<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>2. Adopt<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>3. Aloft<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>4. About<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>5. Allot<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>6. Fatal<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>7. Baton<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">8. Patio<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>9. Satan<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>10. Haunt<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>11. Gaunt<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>12. Daunt<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>13. Vault<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>14. Gamut<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>15. Jaunt<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>16. Balot<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>17. Fault<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>18. Vital<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strike>19. Quota<\/strike><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Based on the list of words I made, I think the guess served its purpose. But before going ahead with anything, I will need to re-analyze this to ensure that I include other words which could be possible solutions this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2716<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Patio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716\ud83c\udd50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Faith<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd63<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u2716<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\ud83c\udd50<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u2716<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: 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