Show HN: Zanagrams • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Zanagrams

#11

Post by jasonpeacock » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC

It’s basically Ribbit from Puzzmo, which is fine because reimplementations let you experiment with different gameplay.

https://www.puzzmo.com

Re: Show HN: Zanagrams

#12

Post by aevv » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

https://squaredle.app/

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#13

Post by abound » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC

jasonpeacock wrote: post #11

It’s basically Ribbit from Puzzmo, which is fine because reimplementations let you experiment with different gameplay. https://www.puzzmo.com

Came here to say this, Ribbit is a lot of fun, and Puzzmo in general is a really solid site.

Re: Show HN: Zanagrams

#14

Post by em-bee » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC

the score should include how many bonus words you found (out of how many there were in total) and instead of time it should count how many tries you made because technically you could brute force this and try all combinations. counting each try would eliminate that (for anyone trying to get a high score)

Re: Show HN: Zanagrams

#15

Post by smitty1e » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC

msla wrote: post #7

blfr wrote: post #4

I like that it also handles words that aren't planned in. You get a nice "bonus word" popout.

Yeah, I got "TUNS" as a bonus word.

Not sure how to vote for it, though.

Re: Show HN: Zanagrams

#16

Post by iKlsR » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

Pretty fun, took me about 10 minutes but found 24 words 10 of them bonus. This was #5 for future viewers.

Edit: welp, spent another 15 mins and managed to solve the previous 4. Currently whipping up a custom version for myself that gives a new set of words related to a theme on each solve, love it.

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#17

Post by mateenah » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC

pretty cool. how are you deciding or generating puzzles ?

Re: Show HN: Zanagrams

#18

Post by philsnow » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

msla wrote: post #7

blfr wrote: post #4

I like that it also handles words that aren't planned in. You get a nice "bonus word" popout.

Yeah, I got "TUNS" as a bonus word.

Yeah tuns (a word well known to homebrewers) is not as esoteric as yttria (a word known to.. chemists?)

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#19

Post by purple-leafy » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC

Cool game! Well that’s a sign I need to launch my word game this week if any

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#20

Post by ctenb » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

Cool that they list the definitions of the words afterwards. This makes it even more fun for non-native speakers, as it adds a free learning aspect to it.