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almara

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    Comment #48708411

    Fun! I like how the puzzle naturally gets easier as you solve it. How do you decide which words to include?

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    Comment #47361828

    Love the shifty eyes. Nice work!

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    Comment #47361819

    This is cool but please remove the fly buzzing noise!

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    Comment #47163364

    Nice twist on boggle. Needs dark mode for me or will start to strain the eyes.

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    Comment #46911227

    Actually on a second look the wordlist has 279,498 words. I think it was only partially loaded when I first checked. That bumps the math to log₂(279,498) ≈ 18.1, so 19 guesses in t…

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    Comment #46911205

    Interesting. The word list / dictionary provided by the site only had around 170k lines so it must not be a complete version. I would guess they have excluded some obscure words. I…

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    Comment #46911050

    Some interesting math here. You’ve got ~170k possible words and a pure higher/lower signal, so with perfect play it’s just binary search. Number the words 1 to 170k, guess the midd…

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    Comment #41347491

    Inspired by wafflegame.net

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    Comment #41308030

    Inspired by the Waffle word game ( https://wafflegame.net/ ) I built a math version :)

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    Comment #41082103

    Good point, thank you - I'll have a think about how to make it less annoying. Re: the timer, whoops! I'll fix that asap. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to give …

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    Comment #41076610

    As a crossword lover, I’ve toyed with the idea of making a digital-first word game that combines clues to find hidden answers with linked letters. This take allows for other featur…

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    Comment #40635687

    Love it! I would like the possibility to keep trying when I fail.

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    Comment #40577099

    Hey! I built a clone of wordle where answers are names as a small fun side project for name lovers like me. Enjoy :)

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    Comment #35788635

    I used to love magic squares when I was a (nerdy) kid so I’ve now built a little fun game around them. Enjoy!

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    Comment #35655082

    Thank you so much!

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    Comment #35646143

    Look at that!

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    Comment #35646135

    I have a (malfunctioning) beep but it doesn't work on mobile right now, I have to look into it. If you tried on desktop and it didn't work for you could you share what browser you …

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    Comment #35645777

    (Should be fixed now!)

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    Comment #35645606

    Thanks for letting me know (and so happy that you'll be back)! I'll do more responsiveness fixes tomorrow as I based my media queries based on responsive testing in the chrome cons…