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A simple thing you can do when they try to make an invalid spin is pop up "XYZ is not in the word list" on a brief toast. That'll make it easier to learn that you need to spin words, and that you have to click the first letter first.
why sometimes I can't spin? (it blinks in red) and why can't I spin more than 2 letters?
It has to be a recognised English word for it to spin. And to spin a longer word, you tap the first letter then the last letter. I’ll be updating the instructions soon, but hopefully that helps in the meantime!
I'm curious to see how people did with so few turns
Also I would like an undo or at least a reset button
It would help to have an unlimited undo in a dedicated button. I realize that the undo can be done by spinning words in reverse order, but that's inconvenient and I really wouldn't remember what I did beyond last 2-3 words.
Symfony, the other big PHP framework, has a lot more to offer if you like types. It also has a combination of Encore, Stimulus and Twig to link the backend to the front, but it doesn’t have the features of Livewire.
Could you give more details about the rules? You said "it has to be a recognised English word for it to spin" but what does this mean? Are you talking about the word(s) formed before or after the spin? It seems completely arbitrary when it allows me to spin two letters at the moment because seemingly none of the words before or after the spin are valid 5 letter words.
So if you had a row like AEBUG, you could tap B then G to spin BUG, and the row would end up as AEGUB. Or you could tap B then E to spin BE, and the row would end up as ABEUG.
(Because BUG and BE are both real words)
Beautifully designed, very clean, but frustrating to play due to being unpleasantly difficult. I gave up after 5 minutes. It would help to have an unlimited undo in a dedicated button. I realize that the undo can be done by spinning words in reverse order, but that's inconvenient and I really wouldn't remember what I did beyond last 2-3 words.
First of all, I need to 'spin', but how do I do that? By clicking, dragging, typing...? Any or all of these? And if so, clicking/dragging what?
And what is it that is being spun? Rows, columns? Apparently it's words, but that is mentioned nowhere.
Second, in the 'How to Play' there are these two examples: > For example, you could spin CAT to obtain TAC. > You can also spin in reverse, so you could spin TAHC to make CHAT
I don't see the difference between these two, both reverse a word by 'spinning', so why are these two seemingly identical examples given here?
Really neatly done. It felt difficult but maybe it's a skill that can be learned. Spoiler: At the end, it shows you a graph of how many turns people took to solve it, and if I'm reading it correctly, only 30-ish people solved it at all, despite being on the front page of HN for 2-3 hours? Definitely on the harder end of wordle derivatives! And I bow down to whoever solved it in 9 turns.
It definitely gets easier with a bit of practice. PS: I solved it in 8 today, and my friend - who seems unnaturally good at this - solved it in 7. He always seems to beat me by 1; it’s like if the person who invented golf was best mates with Tiger Woods!