I didn't realize it reset for every word, so I was worried I was done on 8 words, but by getting that one at the wire, I was able to limp to 17.
At least for today's words, it was a reasonable difficulty ramp, and a pretty easy experience! If I had one note it's that clicking the text of a letter doesn't remove that letter from the word (while clicking the background of a letter DOES remove it).
Josh Wardle really lucked out by both accidentally having the best name for that game, and it hitting a cultural firestorm quite quickly. IIRC, NYT are mostly going after other implementations if they have similar names.
This makes me miss the original Text Twist, I would love if someone knows how I can play it still.
In the original Text Twist, the shorter words were all in a specified order relative to the word order in the final word. For example, if the word was BIOPIC then TOP comes before TOPIC comes before TIC comes before OPT comes before POT. BIT would be the first word, and COT would be the last.
(technically it was exactly opposite that, they were sorted in reverse of the order in which they appear in the final word, but that's harder to explain)
With Text Twist 2 I guess they decided that was a bug not a feature (it was definitely a feature not a bug) and the order of the smaller words is now randomized. That one small change took the game from something I'd spend hours on to not even a little bit fun.
Anyway to me this was pretty easy, I got all 23. I thought the letter order was very revealing on some of the later clues (like KINGDOM was almost entirely in order already) but maybe that was deliberate, anagramming a 7-letter word in 30s can be a bit hard
One big piece of feedback, though: pressing enter should always clear your current letters (as in text twist)
I like quick low-stakes browser games like this, something fun and fast to wake up your brain with morning coffee. If interested, here are some others I've come across -
I've been compiling a bunch of daily games over the past 4 months at https://dles.aukspot.com with all these games and about 200 more, if you're interested!
I do too! This is my first curated list I've shared with others, and I'm really happy I did. If you want a great geography game, GeoGrid is my favorite, but I also love the ones that sort of mimic GeoGuessr with guessing the location based on pictures or satellite images.
This needs to capture the backspace key so it doesn't send you back a page. Wordle used to have this problem. In the meantime, opening this in a fresh tab should help.
I like this concept. Wordle is very fun but I never liked how it was constrained to five letters. It felt like my brain was becoming very fluent in 5 letter words but not other words
Only thing I would change is the shuffling of characters is different for each user which can give a user an advantage over another depending on how they happen shuffle for them
agreed, an endless mode would be nice. perhaps it's not implemented by-design to keep us coming back - it's certainly going to work on me. opening the game in a new private tab will let you make another attempt :)
Too bad the keyboard doesn't work (Firefox with "Search for text when you start typing" on). They didn't do the "event.preventDefault(); event.stopPropagation();" dance.
Naturally. You have enabled a setting for Firefox to intercept the keystrokes before the web page even gets a chance to see them. That means the JavaScript to prevent default action would never run.
Yet another fun game that will die because it tried to replicate the "one game a day" model for no reason. I like it, and want to play more. Why can't I? At the very least let me go back and retry the words that I missed? Not everything has to be Wordle.
I share your frustration, but not your confidence that it will impact the success of the game. The "daily challenge" format, though annoying, does seem to hook people.
I like the daily game format because it has everyone playing the same puzzle, but I agree with your other criticism. You should be able to try again or possibly disable the timer.
I admit that having an archive would be nice, and some daily games do have that or an unlimited mode.
Fun! I think having a max-width for the main div would help the UI a bunch, the header stretches my entire screen and the "How to Play" modal is pretty wide. It would also be good to be able to close the modal with the Escape key or by clicking outside of it! Lastly, a "Give up" option might be nice. I love the concept and I think the directions are well-written with helpful images.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 170 ms ] threadDon't chase the letters with the mouse, you can type on your keyboard and hit backspace to shave off some seconds.
I like this, may add it to my daily set, but it's a little stressful.
I'd like a Clear option that doesn't involve a Del key.
I didn't realize it reset for every word, so I was worried I was done on 8 words, but by getting that one at the wire, I was able to limp to 17.
At least for today's words, it was a reasonable difficulty ramp, and a pretty easy experience! If I had one note it's that clicking the text of a letter doesn't remove that letter from the word (while clicking the background of a letter DOES remove it).
Anyway, thanks for making/publishing this!
Got to 21
I thought anyone could implement their own without having to pay the original.
In the original Text Twist, the shorter words were all in a specified order relative to the word order in the final word. For example, if the word was BIOPIC then TOP comes before TOPIC comes before TIC comes before OPT comes before POT. BIT would be the first word, and COT would be the last.
(technically it was exactly opposite that, they were sorted in reverse of the order in which they appear in the final word, but that's harder to explain)
With Text Twist 2 I guess they decided that was a bug not a feature (it was definitely a feature not a bug) and the order of the smaller words is now randomized. That one small change took the game from something I'd spend hours on to not even a little bit fun.
Anyway to me this was pretty easy, I got all 23. I thought the letter order was very revealing on some of the later clues (like KINGDOM was almost entirely in order already) but maybe that was deliberate, anagramming a 7-letter word in 30s can be a bit hard
One big piece of feedback, though: pressing enter should always clear your current letters (as in text twist)
Linxicon - build bridges between two words (https://linxicon.com)
WhenTaken - use clues to guess where and when a photo was taken (https://whentaken.com)
Angle - guess the exact arc angle (https://angle.wtf)
Metazooa - deduce the animal species (https://metazooa.com)
Tradle - guess the country by its exports (https://games.oec.world/en/tradle)
Globle - find the country by proximity (https://globle-game.com)
Betweenle - Guess the secret word between two words (https://betweenle.com/)
Logiquiz - Self Referential Logic Puzzle (https://www.logiquiz.com/)
Zebra Puzzles - Daily Zebra Puzzles (https://www.zebrapuzzles.com/)
Similar to Globle is Worldle - https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
Chrono - arrange historical events in chronological order (https://chrono.quest)
Puzzmo - collection of daily puzzles, including crossword, really bad chess, and more (https://www.puzzmo.com/)
Also on my list:
- Hashtag wordle (https://everydaypuzzlesgame.com/g/hashtag/index.html)
- NYT Connections (https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections)
(hints enabled by default, but the real game is without them!)
(Thanks for the hint.)
Every user gets the same word list, words change daily.
This one could be a good addition.
https://wordmax.game
Released for public preview just today.
Game play similar to Scrabble, but played "duplicate" style.
Admittedly not exactly "quick low-stakes".
I won't spoil today's Angle answer, but it seems like the game should only offer angles less than 180 degrees.
OneUpPuzzle - Sodoku like game where you need to complete a grid (https://www.oneuppuzzle.com)
Queens - A fun thing to do at LinkedIn :) (https://www.linkedin.com/games/queens)
https://neighborle.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40536488
Is there a keyboard shortcut to shuffle? I tried space to no avail.
So much fun on desktop. A nice faded history with strikethrough attempts (optional), would be neat on the UI front.
I admit that having an archive would be nice, and some daily games do have that or an unlimited mode.