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Could it be that your device's clock is skewed?

There's a timer at the top! Perhaps a warning SFX and and some animation is in order. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for checking it out!

Thanks for playing! Yeah you're right, rules need to be spelled out a bit better.

I'd also like to expand it to work with other alphabetic languages too.

Thanks for checking it out! A single-player/offline mode does sound fun too. I do think I will end up adding support for a number of variations and modes.

Yes, it's intentional to allow words that don't use all the letters. It can be very tricky to think of a panagram every time (word that has all 7 letters used at least once). Hence…

Really great points, thanks for commenting. One nuance: if you show others' submissions right away, the game turns into a "race" where speed matters a lot more. That could be fun t…

I'm using Phoenix LiveView + PubSub to keep everyone's browser in sync.

Sorry folks, something broke! Looking into it and will post here with updates. UPDATE #2: Seeing full recovery now (Aug 9, 10 PM PST). UPDATE #1: Looks like Railway is having probl…

Good idea. And thanks for checking it out!

I think I know what went wrong. Right now, even unscored words are not allowed to be reused. Will post a quick fix. Thanks for the precise bug report!

Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!

I've been working on a simple multiplayer word game: http://alphabetsoup.club It's a bit like NYT Spelling Bee, except it's multiplayer and only your best (longest) word counts tow…

I've been working on a simple multiplayer word game called Alphabet Soup. It's a bit like NYT Spelling Bee, except it's multiplayer and only your best (longest) word counts toward …

If we're trying to outline a future for assertions, I think it would help to situate them among the other mechanisms we have for ensuring correctness and explain where assertions h…