All I get is this: "Today's run is over."
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#32It seems to disallow valid words made with the same letters, which doesn't feel fair. (I don't want to spoil an answer, but -- especially when the word it insists on is arguably French!)
None of those are French words. How many letters is the word you say is French?
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#33I really enjoyed this! I do agree with the other comments that a larger vocabulary would be nice. The way some games handle this is by giving bonus points for words that are unintended by the author but are perceived as valid. Or maybe giving extra time? IMO, keep the vocab a bit limited, though (maybe top 30k words or similar).
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#35It's a good game. A little easier than wordle because you can go back and forth with variations on a few words by adding s and ed. Maybe a harder variant could be you go to the next level with a new set of letters still adding one more.
Another variant could be you have to solve like a stack of them, so like you have 5 of these then to get to the next level all 5 have to progress, each with a different pool of letters.
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#36It reminds me of Wordflower. I like this! With one caveat: The word games that have been posted in the last few days feature a timer component, and it's game over when you miss the timer. I think they'd be more rewarding if it weren't sudden death. Instead it should just let you play through and give you a score out of 5. Especially if it is going to pick obscure words (as another commenter says - arguably one word i…
More feedback: - I was intently staring at letters and didn't notice you get a definition as a hint! Maybe the hint UI needs a tweak. - it needs to allow permutations that are also words, or at least provide an additional reward for finding those (maybe an extra half point). - there should be a "clear" button next to shuffle. - there should be a "pause" button which hides everything and stops the timer. My waitress c…
It's pretty clear that they're leaving the time limit in because it attracts engagement in the form of comments like yours.
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#37I tried "KITERS" and "TRIKES" at the 5 letter level, but the app specifically wanted "STRIKE." It kinda demoralized me to have come up with two answers and not be able to proceed, I realized that it wasn't worth trying to guess before the clue came up so I quit out.
Spoiler alert, it seems to be like Wordle in that the same puzzle is given to everyone for that day.
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#38A game rather like this is described in Gwen Raverat’s Edwardian memoir, Period Piece. There you have to keep finding new words one letter longer, and they get ridiculous combos like TRUMPET, STRUMPET, (thou) TRUMPETST, STRUMPETST…
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#39Pretty fun. But I saw this issue come up on multiple days: Letters were AIERNGT for the final word of day #2. I tried INGRATE. Didn't work. Then I tried TEARING. That worked. But then on the win screen, it said GRANITE. Huh...