Guess my word

#1

Post by ColinWright » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 9:25 AM UTC

Re: Guess my word

#2

Post by DiabloD3 » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:06 AM UTC

I love HN.

I got up early in the morning, made a nice breakfast (today? roasted turkey legs seasoned with my own personal italian blend, with a carrot and rutabaga mash, and a glass of whatever white wine was open and in my fridge, wasn't bad for a $7 bottle), had a cup of coffee (fresh ground, brewed using the inverted Aeropress method), cleaned the catbox, fed the cat (even though he probably ate as much as I did off the turkey legs, fat bastard he is), did my morning strength training routine, and was just waiting for it to warm up more outside so I could go for my morning walk (September in Maine means it dips into the 40s at night and doesn't warm up into the 60s until 9am), and was otherwise doing work (just because its Saturday doesn't mean I'm off the clock)...

... and then I check HN and find this at the top. Now I know what I'm going to be doing for the next few hours.

Re: Guess my word

#3

Post by troels » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:14 AM UTC

"I couldn't find modificatory in my dictionary. Remember, you're only allowed to guess words."

Hey - That's straight from /usr/share/dict/words

Re: Guess my word

#4

Post by tajen » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:23 AM UTC

DiabloD3 wrote: post #2

I love HN. I got up early in the morning, made a nice breakfast (today? roasted turkey legs seasoned with my own personal italian blend, with a carrot and rutabaga mash, and a glass of whatever white wine was open and in my fridge, wasn't bad for a $7 bottle), had a cup of coffee (fresh ground, brewed using the inverted Aeropress method), cleaned the catbox, fed the cat (even though he probably ate as much as I did o…

A /usr/share/dict/words bisect program?

Re: Guess my word

#5

Post by reinhardt1053 » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:28 AM UTC

Helped myself with some python, I guessed it in 16 tries.

lines = tuple(open('english_words.txt', 'r'))

min = 0;

max = len(lines)

while True :

   	index = min + (max-min)//2

	print lines[index];

        before = raw_input("Before? y/n")

        if before == "y" :

                max = index-1

	elif before == "n" :

   		min = index+1

   	else :

   		break

english_words.txt can be downloaded here: http://www.mieliestronk.com/corncob_lowercase.txt

Re: Guess my word

#6

Post by Cyph0n » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:45 AM UTC

I was at 14 tries, with 3 letter accuracy. I just couldn't come up with today's word, even though I know it well..

Re: Guess my word

#7

Post by oliv__ » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:53 AM UTC

DiabloD3 wrote: post #2

I love HN. I got up early in the morning, made a nice breakfast (today? roasted turkey legs seasoned with my own personal italian blend, with a carrot and rutabaga mash, and a glass of whatever white wine was open and in my fridge, wasn't bad for a $7 bottle), had a cup of coffee (fresh ground, brewed using the inverted Aeropress method), cleaned the catbox, fed the cat (even though he probably ate as much as I did o…

cool story bro

Re: Guess my word

#8

Post by chippy » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 10:58 AM UTC

Note: I believe that the word stays the same each day, so there may be limited replayability. There are two words by "joon" and "mike" to find everyday.

(I got the first in 24 tries and the second in 22 with the help of a dictionary!)

Re: Guess my word

#9

Post by petercooper » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 11:16 AM UTC

DiabloD3 wrote: post #2

I love HN. I got up early in the morning, made a nice breakfast (today? roasted turkey legs seasoned with my own personal italian blend, with a carrot and rutabaga mash, and a glass of whatever white wine was open and in my fridge, wasn't bad for a $7 bottle), had a cup of coffee (fresh ground, brewed using the inverted Aeropress method), cleaned the catbox, fed the cat (even though he probably ate as much as I did o…

Getting past the idea of having wine with breakfast(!) what's in your personal Italian blend?

Re: Guess my word

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Post by wjoe » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 11:28 AM UTC

chippy wrote: post #8

Note: I believe that the word stays the same each day, so there may be limited replayability. There are two words by "joon" and "mike" to find everyday. (I got the first in 24 tries and the second in 22 with the help of a dictionary!)

You can also play words from previous days by going to the leaderboard, selecting another day at the top, then clicking "play this word"