What was the Plot-Hole? JKR answers

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No: HPFGUIDX 18348

> It's still not clear what the hole is.

I don't think she ever said exactly what the plot hole was but she 
did say that Harry faced a problem that was eminently solvable but if 
he solved it as any intelligent person would he would end up in a 
place in the story I didn't want him to be in and the plot would not 
advance. The plot would only work if Harry did something very very 
stupid, but Harry is not stupid. There was no easy way to plug the 
hole so I had to scrap everything and start over again at page 1.