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If you've not seen it then '8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown' is a great comedy version of the classic show on Channel 4 in the UK.",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"30571501","cookie_monsta","I really like this and find it much more engaging than mathler, which is my current favorite (nerdle doesn't really do it for me). The difficulty levels seem right for my level…",{"value":95,"source":80,"evidence":96},"Educational and makes you think",[97,101],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"30556302","neogodless","Yup - I skimmed them, so that's on me! Don't let me being relatively harsh discourage you. It's a good, educational game that makes you think. 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This makes it…",{"value":140,"source":80,"evidence":141},"Not very iterative compared to Wordle",[142,146],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"30556635","blondie9x","Wasn't that into it. I couldn't feel the connections as easily as Wordle between the incremental guesses.",{"id":114,"by":99,"text":115},[148,157,161,171],{"value":149,"source":80,"evidence":150},"Add clear all or undo button",[151,152,156],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"30555664","dav","#Summle #7: 3\u002F5 = = = I like it. Some UX tweaks would be nice, maybe an undo, a clear all, and perhaps some helpful focus shifting (of which tile is being intended for a click)…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"value":158,"source":80,"evidence":159},"Publish daily solutions and archive of past puzzles",[160],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"value":162,"source":80,"evidence":163},"Add a times table or calculator helper",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"30561615","mrvenkman","Could you maybe provide a times table for help?",{"id":169,"by":154,"text":170},"30555807","Another thought, having an in-app calculator (so one could free calculate factors of an arbitrary number) might generate interesting data to see the approaches your users take? I…",{"value":172,"source":80,"evidence":173},"Support exponents and more operations",[174,178],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"30556597","dxbydt","Quite hard dude! I'm still going at it. Once you put down an equation like 100x3=300, your mind becomes committed to it...which biases your future choices & quickly leads you…",{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"30562586","main_gi","^ seems like it would get spaghetti fast - multiplication's already not easy to visualize and something like 12^6 which involves two numbers that are 'low' by the game's…",[183,187],{"value":184,"source":80,"evidence":185},"How old are the children the game is for",[186],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"value":188,"source":51,"evidence":189},"Which device is the scrolling issue on",[190,193],{"id":191,"by":11,"text":192},"30557802","Thanks for the feedback. Re: the scrolling issue - can I ask which device?",{"id":194,"by":11,"text":195},"30561217","Can I ask which device you're using?",[197,205,215,219],{"value":198,"source":80,"evidence":199},"Countdown",[200,204],{"id":201,"by":202,"text":203},"30555629","smallerfish","Inspired by Countdown? Been a while but don't they have 6 numbers? 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