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Re: Binary Wordle

#131
I also made some number-based wordle-variants, which I call "numberdle". I found that it was hard to come up with good ways of guessing because wordle has the restriction that most combinations are invalid. You won't ever have to guess xwqqf, because that's not an English word. And more importantly, guessing some letters gives you information about the other letters. If you find out three letters, and have the target as _a_ts, you can use that to figure out the other two letters.

But if you need to guess a number, and you know it's _5_34, having three correct digits don't help you figure it out.

So I made some variants where guessed values do help you figure out the correct answer.

In rationerdle (https://zck.org/numberdle/?variant=rationerdle), you have to guess a rational number x/y, where both x and y are between 1 and 99, inclusive. It displays the rational number you actually guessed, and whether x and y separately are too high or too low.

In factordle (https://zck.org/numberdle/?variant=factordle), the player has to guess the factors of a target number.

In formuladle (https://zck.org/numberdle/?variant=formuladle), there is a graphed straight line, and the player has to guess the mx+b formula that graphs that line.

I would like to make more, but didn't have any other great ideas when I ran out of interest.

Re: Binary Wordle

#134
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's actually possible to win on the second guess with any initial input. Or at least I did it a handful of times..

It's not guaranteed you will always win in 2 steps because occasionally you will win in 1 step.

Isn't 1 within the bounds of 2?

Re: Binary Wordle

#136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't 1 within the bounds of 2?

There's a difference between "in 2 steps" and "within 2 steps".

Splitting hairs seems like grammar policing. I can even see action 1 and null action if I squint hard enough.

Re: Binary Wordle

#137
post #126
post #36

I love that someone went all the way to write and publish this joke. Keep hacking!

1 minute and 2 1-sentence prompts: https://g.co/gemini/share/a14f3f1b1c1c Gemini self-improved version (added the "Hint" and "What could it mean?" features): https://g.co/gemini/share/05c8cce3b2ff

Nice, it seems the share links don't show the prompts (or I missed it); could you share them please?
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