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even on Webster it's definition links to hapax legomenon ... I feel the creator tried too hard and failed miserably. 

I play heardle every morning (7am) with my coworkers.  Being it was early I didn't think about what day it was and was properly fooled.  

The problem with today's first word is that it doesn't really exist on its own.  Missed opportunity to make it an actual good April fool's prank.

are you talking about hapax?  

but it's not because the definition is a link to hapax legomenon.  Solely because it is an ellipsis of legomenon.  This has made me more frustrated then it should but maybe the creator will take note for next time. 

I've been on the internet for over 2 decades and it still got me... I didn't expect a prank from a daily game and they definitely did it right. 

I 💯 agree with you.... Heardle knocked it out of the park.  You should have seen my face before I clicked it and read "it was unavailable in my area".  

It would have been clever if it was actually guessable. I don't care about stats.  I had to eventually Google what 5 letter word ended with x and came up with nothing with two As in their spots.  Missed opportunity to make a good joke. 

I get it is April Fools and the second word is prank but hapax is an ellipsis of hapax legomenon.   I'm all about the stumping of the players but, come on, who would have ever figured that out?   Could have done something that would have left us laughing instead of rolling our eyes.