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Quordle: Four Wordles in One

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Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#21
This is getting close to by idea of "Borgle = Boggle + Wordle".

Basically the idea is there is a boggle board generated and all N-letter word paths found. The paths are made available to click on (there are a few UI approaches to this). Once a path is selected you enter Wordle mode for that path. Every guess must still be a real word, but the neat part is if you even nail a single letter, it appears on the Boggle board. And that letter immediately appears as solved on any other path that overlaps it. You can jump/revisit paths at any time.

Goal is to complete the board (unsure if there will be guess limit, letters that are not on any path of course are automatically visible/correct on game start). The completion sharing will be a matrix of numbers instead of colors showing how many guesses of that space across any path were made until the first right letter was achieved. Boggle board size configurable as is the min/max word letters (5x5 w/ only 5-letter words by default).

There are some neat strategies here of path choice/switching and guessing wrong words intentionally in overlapping paths. Will dev if I ever get the time, but feel free to steal the idea and make it.

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#22
Going to echo all the other positive comments. This is the most fun variation I have played. On my first try I failed to complete it, then went and did a practice round with some smarter initial word choices and won (barely!)

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#23

Of all the variants I've come across so far, I think this one has the most staying power. I think I might prefer it to the original. I do kind of wish you got one more guess, though, especially if you get stuck, like I did today, having 4 Greens but 5 possibilities for the final letter.

I also which it shared it simply as

Daily Quordle #22

7⃣ 6⃣

9⃣ 4⃣

vs.

Daily Quordle #23

7⃣ 6⃣

9⃣ 4⃣ quordle.com ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜ ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

Maybe you could add a link if you want to expand to the second one. But it's just too long for sharing.

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#24
post #4

I like this one quite a bit. I find Wordle fun, but a bit plain sometimes. Quordle really makes me think out of the box to optimize across the grids. side note: I've gotten most of them, but today's ruined my streak.

I feel like todays words were designed specifically to ruin the day of the 'ROATE' users

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#26
Suggestion: I play and share Dordles via screenshots. I'd like to do the same with this but I don't want to use two screenshots (have to scroll down). Can you have an option to sit these side by side?

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#27
post #15

Fun! I made one with a 5x5 square of letters, containing five words down and five across: https://squareword.org/ A bit like a combination of crosswords and Wordle, as vertical words can be used for additional clues.

Nice, but seems to use a fairly restrictive word list compared to other games; might make it more attractive to some people as I have friends who say that "ZA" sums up everything wrong with scrabble in one word...

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#28
post #15

Fun! I made one with a 5x5 square of letters, containing five words down and five across: https://squareword.org/ A bit like a combination of crosswords and Wordle, as vertical words can be used for additional clues.

This forces you to type extremely slowly to the point where it feels super awkward :(.

Re: Quordle: Four Wordles in One

#30
post #28
post #15

Fun! I made one with a 5x5 square of letters, containing five words down and five across: https://squareword.org/ A bit like a combination of crosswords and Wordle, as vertical words can be used for additional clues.

This forces you to type extremely slowly to the point where it feels super awkward :(.

Hmm odd! Thanks for the feedback. I think it may be related to the material ripple effect on the keys. Pushed an update now that hopefully fixes it.
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