500 Letters
Games
word game
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How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, addictive word game concept
From 4 comments
It's f***g brilliant! Love it :-)
dmje on HNGreat concept! Was doing well until I ended up with about 7 A's in a cluster that I couldn't get rid of.
wizofaus on HNNice game
rareitem on HNNeat! Perhaps removing 2 letter words could make it a bit more challenging? Seems every time I was in a pinch i could use a few different 2 letter words and the game got much…
NickC25 on HN
Clean gameplay with nice design
From 2 comments
This is a nice game. May be we can press enter key to remove the work, instead of clicking on the word.
vasanthv on HNif you type a letter of which there are multiple, tiles of that letter should be used from top to bottom
heroiccocoa on HN
Objections
Word list is missing some valid words such as mung and neptune
From 2 comments
On trying it a few more times the slightly slow response (tapping on mobile screen) started to bug me, coupled with a slightly lacking wordlist (e.g. no "mung" which is in all…
wizofaus on HNneptune isn't in the word list? Yeah... it seems fun
mikewarot on HN
Tapping response on mobile is slightly slow
From 1 comment
On trying it a few more times the slightly slow response (tapping on mobile screen) started to bug me, coupled with a slightly lacking wordlist (e.g. no "mung" which is in all…
wizofaus on HN
Two-letter words make the game too easy
From 1 comment
Neat! Perhaps removing 2 letter words could make it a bit more challenging? Seems every time I was in a pinch i could use a few different 2 letter words and the game got much…
NickC25 on HN
Requests
Add enter key to submit words
From 1 comment
This is a nice game. May be we can press enter key to remove the work, instead of clicking on the word.
vasanthv on HN
Use tiles of a repeated letter from top to bottom
From 1 comment
if you type a letter of which there are multiple, tiles of that letter should be used from top to bottom
heroiccocoa on HN
Remove two-letter words or make the game harder
From 1 comment
Neat! Perhaps removing 2 letter words could make it a bit more challenging? Seems every time I was in a pinch i could use a few different 2 letter words and the game got much…
NickC25 on HN
Expand the word list
From 2 comments
On trying it a few more times the slightly slow response (tapping on mobile screen) started to bug me, coupled with a slightly lacking wordlist (e.g. no "mung" which is in all…
wizofaus on HNneptune isn't in the word list? Yeah... it seems fun
mikewarot on HN