Vowl
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daily word game
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#1,290of 3,109 in 2023
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How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 11 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Transportation puzzle was fun and satisfying
From 2 comments
I did today's, which was clued as transportation/country/kings of leon song. Transportation was really fun; I thought a long time and got it in 1, and I felt I had a grasp on…
furyofantares on HNPlayed it again. Got the transportation category again in 1 after another long and satisfying think. So that was really fun once again. I tried gathering info on the beatles…
furyofantares on HN
Neat concept with interesting vowel placement feedback
From 2 comments
It’s interesting how much the placement of vowels can help you imagine the shape of the word. One small point of feedback. It wasn’t clear that you were expected to enter a space…
ericrallen on HNthis is neat the 3 letter challenge didn't really show off the game though I just guessed 3 possible words and happened to be correct on my 3rd guess
hayksaakian on HN
Objections
Scoring counts repeated vowels confusingly, reporting matches not in the answer
From 5 comments
My puzzle word has four vowels. My two guesses each four vowels, but not the same four (e.g. "AAIO" and "AEIO"), and I got four vowel matches for each guess. I know how that…
jprete on HNWas eager to try but found it buggy - or at least, confusingly arcane in how guesses are scored. Today's 'transportation' puzzle had 4 consonants & 4 vowels. I got to a guess…
gojomo on HNGame is buggy, as others have mentioned. Either that or the scoring makes no sense. Why did it say I had 4 vowels correct, if my guess contained 4 vowels and one of them wasn't…
wavemode on HNIt's pretty good. Scoring a single letter N times if it occurs N times in the target word, instead of just once, is misleading.
smcin on HNIf the target word contains two E and my guess only contains one E it should say 1 vowel correct, not 2. Isn't that obvious? What am I missing? I presume you made it this way for…
Kiro on HN
Feedback not actionable; gameplay feels tedious and unfun without letter position clues
From 3 comments
If the feedback is supposed to be helpful in narrowing down future guesses - I didn’t find it to be. If it’s just for scoring attempts then it’s working great. Would prefer to…
pjm331 on HNAfter playing through to step 3, but not knowing any king's of Leon songs, I have to say: this game is not fun for me. I have played many daily games and like most of them. What…
stevage on HNGreat idea, but I find gameplay to be a bit too tedious to be enjoyable. In this aspect Wordle got it right with the color cues, but here I don't think it's even possible to…
eps on HN
Clue placement and design unclear; 'Transportation' hard to notice
From 1 comment
I'm probably dumb, but I didn't realize "Transportation" was a clue until I looked at the network traffic and saw it labeled as such in one of the responses. In fact, I didn't…
bonestamp2 on HN
Puzzles too hard; too many guesses per step
From 2 comments
I found this pretty hard. Took 23 guesses to solve step 1. At that stage, I expected to have a result I could share with people. Just being taken to a step 2 was demoralising.…
stevage on HNThe first one took me 17 guesses, writing nonsense words to count each letter in the answer. The other two I managed in 1.
nmeofthestate on HN
Unclear handling of Y as vowel or consonant
From 2 comments
Is 'Y' treated as a consonant or a vowel? Does it depend on the word ("sky" versus "yuck")?
gnicholas on HNFor what it’s worth, other languages than English may consider Y a vowel. French does, for instance. In my opinion this actually makes more sense.
froddd on HN
Requests
Document scoring and vowel rules in How to Play
From 3 comments
Yeah that really messed with me OOA and OAA shouldn't count the same imo, but at bare minimum if it's a feature not a bug it should be noted in the How to Play
kaiken1987 on HNIs 'Y' treated as a consonant or a vowel? Does it depend on the word ("sky" versus "yuck")?
gnicholas on HNIMHO almost every game I have ever played in which there is a vowel/consonant distinction begins immediately by telling you how Y is handled.
stevage on HN
Show which letters are correct even without position
From 1 comment
If the feedback is supposed to be helpful in narrowing down future guesses - I didn’t find it to be. If it’s just for scoring attempts then it’s working great. Would prefer to…
pjm331 on HN
Accept slashes in place of spaces
From 2 comments
I second this. I typed in the slashes and I had the correct answer, but it didn't accept it until I swapped out the slashes for spaces. I thought the rule was that we were…
bonestamp2 on HNIt’s interesting how much the placement of vowels can help you imagine the shape of the word. One small point of feedback. It wasn’t clear that you were expected to enter a space…
ericrallen on HN
Narrow categories to things everyone knows
From 1 comment
Played it again. Got the transportation category again in 1 after another long and satisfying think. So that was really fun once again. I tried gathering info on the beatles…
furyofantares on HN
Questions
Is Y treated as a vowel or consonant?
From 1 comment
Is 'Y' treated as a consonant or a vowel? Does it depend on the word ("sky" versus "yuck")?
gnicholas on HN
When does the new daily game release?
From 1 comment
When does the new game release? It is almost noon in California and it is still on the previous days game
MrZander on HN
Alternatives named
Wordle
From 1 comment
Great idea, but I find gameplay to be a bit too tedious to be enjoyable. In this aspect Wordle got it right with the color cues, but here I don't think it's even possible to…
eps on HN
Wordiply
From 1 comment
people might also be interested in https://www.wordiply.com/
zabzonk on HN
guessthe.game
From 1 comment
I’ll have to add this to my list. currently do the Wordle, guessthe.game, guess the audio, guess the book, and waffle.
jboogie77 on HN