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Chucking wood

An exercise in compressing repetitive text. For this challenge, any entry that uses keys outside the main row (such as arrow keys, Home, End, Delete, etc.) will be removed. (Esc is OK, though you should be using C-[ anyway.)

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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

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Solutions by @GavinKoeng:

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Created by: @udioica

52 active golfers, 148 entries

Solutions by @GavinKoeng:
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#7 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 01:01AM

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#>11 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

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#>20 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 01:00AM

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#>21 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:59AM

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#>25 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:59AM

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#>35 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:58AM

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#>40 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:57AM

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#>40 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:57AM

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#>45 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:56AM

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#>45 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:55AM

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#>50 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/11/2026 at 12:55AM