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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…