Show HN: Periodic Table and Wordle = Elemendle (elemendle.com)

2 points by lyl_003 1y ago ↗ HN

Hey HN, I've been working on a little side project - a daily guessing game called Elemendle. It's similar to Wordle, but instead of guessing a word, you guess a chemical element. You get hints based on various properties like its place on the periodic table (Period, Group, Block), Type (e.g., Transition Metal, Noble Gas), Phase (Solid, Liquid, Gas), atomic number and mass.

I'm sharing it here because I'm curious what you think of it. Let me know if you enjoy it or have ideas for improvements.

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tape_measure 1y ago ↗

3 guesses! It would be fun to have other properties like melting point as hints.

mdduar 1y ago ↗

Looks like I need to review my periodic table :/. But I still had fun (took me five guesses, since I wasn't making good use of the clues).

Quick question, would a binary search be a viable strategy? So starting in the middle and figuring out where to go with the various clues given?

sijourneyweezer 1y ago ↗

I guessed carbon and it didn’t accept my answer. I emailed the support address and it said the email is not found.