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Re: Show HN: Whittle – A shrinking word game

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Post by c22 »

This is cool, it's kind of the inverse of a game I used to play with my mother: One player says a letter and thinks of a word that starts with that letter, the next player adds a letter (while thinking of a valid word that that could be created with the new prefix). Play continues in this fashion until someone is forced to spell an actual word, then they lose and you can start a new round.

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Post by Retr0id »

busymom0 wrote: post #26
jangerhofer wrote: post #21

For those who are initially as dense as I am: spaces are also 'whittleable' characters!

When I remove "h" from: rat he It doesn't accept "rate" as a correct word. What am I doing wrong?

Spaces are also whittleable characters. "rat e" is two words, the latter of which is not valid.

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Post by Freeboots »

busymom0 wrote: post #26
jangerhofer wrote: post #21

For those who are initially as dense as I am: spaces are also 'whittleable' characters!

When I remove "h" from: rat he It doesn't accept "rate" as a correct word. What am I doing wrong?

The space counts and has to be removed. Rathe is not a word, nor is e, so youve got to find another way.

Re: Show HN: Whittle – A shrinking word game

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Post by tobr »

spadros wrote: post #10

Really fun! Could use a hint function though. I got %100 of all words on Aug 4 but still have not found a way to get it down to zero letters. If anyone has figured it out please let me know!

If you found all the words, surely that means there is no 1-letter word to find? Unless I’m completely misunderstanding the rules.
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