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Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by Vinnl »

pompomsheep wrote: post #5
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?

I did get the first one straight away, so it's not too unclear, but it did induce a short moment of panic, which I'm not sure I'd categorise as fun :P

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by stavros »

I lost on the third word because I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was, and then I restarted and got to the 18th. I'd look at the letters and just know which word it was, it was pretty odd how hard I found it the first time around versus how easy it was the second.

I'm normally terrible at anagrams.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by pompomsheep »

functionmouse wrote: post #12
throwaway_ocr wrote: post #8

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

tbh this should accept all dictionary matches

Did you find a word that wasn't accepted you thought should be?

I do have another version where it accepts ANY word but I found it quite unsatisfying when I survived by randomly spamming combinations and finding a really obscure word.

So am currently running it against a 20,000 word wordlist instead of my larger 300,000 wordlist

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by happytoexplain »

pompomsheep wrote: post #15
functionmouse wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

tbh this should accept all dictionary matches

Did you find a word that wasn't accepted you thought should be? I do have another version where it accepts ANY word but I found it quite unsatisfying when I survived by randomly spamming combinations and finding a really obscure word. So am currently running it against a 20,000 word wordlist instead of my larger 300,000 wordlist

The third one in the archive wouldn't accept "tase" or "sate" for "seat".

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by maaaaattttt »

This was harder than I thought it would be. It's pretty fun to play! May I suggest displaying the final result and/or ongoing progress as 18 circles/shapes that fill up depending on how far you made it?

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by IAmGraydon »

pompomsheep wrote: post #15
functionmouse wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

tbh this should accept all dictionary matches

Did you find a word that wasn't accepted you thought should be? I do have another version where it accepts ANY word but I found it quite unsatisfying when I survived by randomly spamming combinations and finding a really obscure word. So am currently running it against a 20,000 word wordlist instead of my larger 300,000 wordlist

300,000? The Oxford dictionary only contains 171,000!
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