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Re: Show HN: One More Letter

#61

Post by madebymagnolia » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC

Loved this. The countdown added a nice urgency that other word games don't have. Kinda fiendish, kinda fun.

Also enjoyed that it was a near-mouse free typing game. Would love a keyboard shortcut for shuffle. And an anagram circle perhaps?

Re: Show HN: One More Letter

#62

Post by the_lucifer » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

paularmstrong wrote: post #14

ethanpil wrote: post #4

I opened the tab in the background and when i got around to it later somehow i lost the game.... i think you need an official "start" button to prevent this.

Also some instructions. I had no idea what I was supposed to do at first.

So much this. I pride myself on my intuition but three letters and nothing else to go on left me completely lost.

I assumed by the title that I was supposed to type "one more letter" to complete a word, but nope, apparently had to rearrange existing ones.

Re: Show HN: One More Letter

#63

Post by scubbo » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC

scubbo wrote: post #30

I guess I'll check back later and try to remember that I can't have the tab open in the background? :) EDIT: OK, I found the previous puzzles link. Cute! Though I got a bug on the second one - (ROT13 for spoilers) apparently the answer was "tenavgr" but I put in "grnevat" and it still accepted it (but other prompts had not accepted alternate-but-valid words)

TIL the word (ROT13 for spoilers) "fgbcvat" :)