Show HN: Wordle over DNS
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Show HN: Wordle over DNS
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#3Neat. I thought for a moment it was just a script embedded in a TXT record, but you do communicate over DNS with a server-side implementation of the game. The perl bit is just to unescape the response.
It uses a custom DNS server that returns the result as a TXT record for the domain .wd.ip.wtf. You don't need to point directly at that server as it's registered as the nameserver for that domain.
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#4I really like the idea of wordle-over-dns.
I wish all wordle authors would use words with 5 unique letters and singular nouns or infinitive verbs, though.
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#5This is going straight on my list: https://twitter.com/pgl/status/1405614755000295427
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#6I really like the idea of wordle-over-dns. I wish all wordle authors would use words with 5 unique letters and singular nouns or infinitive verbs, though.
Wordle itself doesn’t use 5 unique letters though.
Some of the words I’ve picked are a bit tricky, it’s trickier than you think picking words!
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#7I really like the idea of wordle-over-dns. I wish all wordle authors would use words with 5 unique letters and singular nouns or infinitive verbs, though.
Wordle itself doesn’t use 5 unique letters though. Some of the words I’ve picked are a bit tricky, it’s trickier than you think picking words!
I know the original Wordle also don't use 5 unique letters, that's why I wrote “all wordle authors” so you wouldn't feel singled out.
I chose words for a Danish wordle, and distilled 64k dictionary words down to around 3k.
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#8It would be better if it just represented replies as ASCII chars to avoid perl postprocessing. Most terminals probably doesn't display colored emoji anyway.
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#9I really like the idea of wordle-over-dns. I wish all wordle authors would use words with 5 unique letters and singular nouns or infinitive verbs, though.
I see where you're coming from on 5 unique letters but have a strong preference the other way. The possibility of double letters adds a lot of interest to the game for me. But I can see how someone would find it annoying too.
I'm curious about the singular nouns or infinitive verbs suggestion though. What's the thinking there? Also to be clear, are you advocating for no adjectives/adverbs, or are you just restricting which nouns/verbs are allowed and allowing other types of word to be unrestricted?
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#10I really like the idea of wordle-over-dns. I wish all wordle authors would use words with 5 unique letters and singular nouns or infinitive verbs, though.
I see where you're coming from on 5 unique letters but have a strong preference the other way. The possibility of double letters adds a lot of interest to the game for me. But I can see how someone would find it annoying too. I'm curious about the singular nouns or infinitive verbs suggestion though. What's the thinking there? Also to be clear, are you advocating for no adjectives/adverbs, or are you just restricting…
The thinking is probably that if you allow plurals and certain other verb forms to any significant degree you probably end up with a disproportionate number of trailing "S" letters--which would be less interesting.
The combination of five letters, the rules, and the number of guesses seem to calibrate the difficulty pretty well for me. Given enough time, I could probably solve most words eventually with just my brain. (In practice, I sometimes go to a dictionary program that's not wordle specific to tickle my brain once I know what I'm probably looking for.