Show HN: 18 Words

#1

Post by pompomsheep » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC

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#2

Post by semiquaver » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC

iPhone bug: double tapping on a letter zooms in the viewport with no way to zoom back out, permanently breaking the page.

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#3

Post by pompomsheep » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

semiquaver wrote: post #2

iPhone bug: double tapping on a letter zooms in the viewport with no way to zoom back out, permanently breaking the page.

Oof yeah thanks! Fixed now

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#4

Post by Vinnl » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

This is fun! Could use a short "how it works" blurb on the landing page though :)

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#5

Post by pompomsheep » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

Vinnl wrote: post #4

This is fun! Could use a short "how it works" blurb on the landing page though :)

Thanks! I thought it was fun to throw people straight into the game without instructions but you think it too unclear?

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#6

Post by asaix » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

Pretty cool idea. I think a calendar based UI to go through the archives would be more user friendly than what you have right now.

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#7

Post by pompomsheep » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC

asaix wrote: post #6

Pretty cool idea. I think a calendar based UI to go through the archives would be more user friendly than what you have right now.

Yeah for sure I agree just kept it simple for now but will improve if people like it

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#8

Post by throwaway_ocr » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC

Pretty frustrating when you find a word, but it's not THE word. Pretty fun otherwise.

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#9

Post by pmarreck » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

I didn’t realize the word “crowd“ only had one vowel until I saw it scrambled!

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#10

Post by neuroticnews25 » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC

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