Funny idea, it turned out to be a bit more difficult than I thought
Don't Wordle
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#92Dang it. I accidentally got the word in two!!!
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#93Unfortunately, my goto starter word is 4 green letters.
It's pretty frustrating to immediately lose, and then have to undo to find out what the word was.
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#9412935 -> TIZZY (5625) -> OXBOW (2674) -> GRUFF (858) -> MAMMA (195) and I'll let you guess the rest but my next choice left 43 words, and I survived with only 4 words possible. The rules not letting use a letter you know isn't in the target word drastically cuts your choices, your best bet is to use as few unique letters per word as you can, and as uncommon letters as you can, but as all normal words need vowels you'…
> Sadly there's a rule not letting you use a known letter more than once in a word (once A is known, you can't write ALPHA) This is not entirely correct (or at least it's worded a bit weirdly). If you know that A goes in a certain place you can still try a word using A more than once. It's only once you know that A does not appear twice (because you tried a word containing A twice, and the second A way gray!) then yo…
Are there no words with the same letter three or more times?
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right to be forgotten is part of GDPR even though most people only think of cookie banners. There's no one-click export, either.
That's cute. Your records are yours. Barring some agreement to the contrary, I have no right to mess with them or inspect them, even if they contain information about me.
That's an interesting opinion, but EU law says the opposite.
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#96It took me a minute to find out that I needed to close the instructions to see the actual game. A Play button would have been nice.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's cute. Your records are yours. Barring some agreement to the contrary, I have no right to mess with them or inspect them, even if they contain information about me.
That's an interesting opinion, but EU law says the opposite.
EU law only matters to those subject to it.
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#98Related:
Show HN: Can you lose at Wordle if you tried? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31572258 - May 2022 (236 comments)
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#99I had to deny hundreds of
tracking “partners” wanting to place cookies - without a ‘reject all’ option - before I could even access the website…
So Don’t Access Don’t Wordle
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#100Wow I can't believe this showed up on the front page years later. That's fun! I am still new to using Google AdSense and am enjoying the wrath of HN on this thread! Hope everyone can still enjoy the game today. Thank you for the feedback!