Weird E/AND glitch

[the cryptogram keeper]

Just had a weird glitch. Puzzle started out normal, then in the course of resetting (maybe), all of a sudden all of the "E"s in the quote had been replaced by the word "AND" (too long to fit in one letter-space, so they were spilling over to the next space). And if I plugged in an "E" to try and solve, that too became an "AND."

The puzzle "author" was Native American Proverb, and the answer was "Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf." I solved it, after googling I admit, but because of the glitch, the game wouldn't recognize it as correct. I'm not worried about my time or my record, as I'm slow, and just play for fun, but it was kind of weird and frustrating.

I've been playing here over a decade (I think) and this is a first for me. Anyone else ever experience this?

[LLapp]

I've seen glitches but never one where a letter was replaced by a whole word. How bizarre! Definitely an issue to send to Stephen, the site administrator. Use the feedback form that's in the footer of the chat page, and tell him the issue and the full quote and attribution. Also tell him what operating system and browser you're using. He normally is pretty quick to respond and address glitchy issues like that, though the holiday weekend may cause a slower response.

[kb83]

It's happened to me, and I go to "recent games", click on "retry", and it clears it. Don't know if there is any other short term tactic.

[the cryptogram keeper]

I have sent Admin an e-mail about this. Thanks for your input.