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It’s incredibly frustrating that only the first letter is highlighted. I was guessing tons of SU… and SV… words, but only the S had visual feedback. Bug?
It's a hint to tell you the word starts with "s", but since you didn't narrow it down to "su..." or "sv..." it's not giving you more hints.
Once you narrow it down further, say, "sub..." and "sun..." it'll highlight the known prefix "su"
I think I prefer alphaguess.com’s simpler interface
Similar idea, different interface: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44189814
Fun game! It stopped responding when I got close to guessing the secret word, though. Then I refreshed the page, and my progress was lost. With a little bit more polish, I think I can add this to my daily game rotation!
Aah - not sure why it stopped responding, sorry about that. I'll try to add some local state management so a refresh for a game doesn't lose progress.
It’s incredibly frustrating that only the first letter is highlighted. I was guessing tons of SU… and SV… words, but only the S had visual feedback. Bug?
No it's intentional. The highlight is what I call a "known prefix" It's a hint to tell you the word starts with "s", but since you didn't narrow it down to "su..." or "sv..." it's not giving you more hints. Once you narrow it down further, say, "sub..." and "sun..." it'll highlight the known prefix "su"
Suppose the target word is before tin, but after timorous. Midword only displays "ti" for the known prefix. But it should display "tim" - there is no string that could start with "tin..." but sort before the string "tin".
(Another bug is that if you take a hint that would reveal the entire word, the site doesn't display what the word was.)
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No it's intentional. The highlight is what I call a "known prefix" It's a hint to tell you the word starts with "s", but since you didn't narrow it down to "su..." or "sv..." it's not giving you more hints. Once you narrow it down further, say, "sub..." and "sun..." it'll highlight the known prefix "su"
There is a bug in the calculation of the known prefix. Suppose the target word is before tin , but after timorous . Midword only displays "ti" for the known prefix. But it should display "tim" - there is no string that could start with "tin..." but sort before the string "tin". (Another bug is that if you take a hint that would reveal the entire word, the site doesn't display what the word was.)