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IMO it should have an option to stick with dictionary words, I spent a long time on puzzles that had 'zdnet' and 'vsnet' as words which were basically impossibl
by hizanberg 7y ago
IMO it should have an option to stick with dictionary words, I spent a long time on puzzles that had 'zdnet' and 'vsnet' as words which were basically impossible to work out without trial & error since there are no english words in the dictionary that starts with `vs` or `zd`.
If includes cryptic abbreviations, brand and product names the number of possibilities open up exponentially and you can no longer rely on English rules to help solve the puzzle, it basically becomes a trial & error permutations game.
- nathell 7y agoThanks! This has been suggested to me before, and integrating a better wordlist is #1 on the TODO.
- pimlottc 7y agoAlso consider screening out proper names, they are not allowed in many common word games (e.g. Scrabble, Boggle) so I got kinda stumped when one of the answers was “Tyler”.
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- JimTheMan 7y agoSame here! Either that or make it super obvious the kinds of words that are allowable in the Tutorial example.
- aidenn0 7y agohttps://github.com/elasticdog/yawl https://github.com/elasticdog/yawl is a good starting point for word games.
- sandyarmstrong 7y agoYeah, I just got "sluts", which was unfortunate. "Penis" didn't bother me but if you want wider appeal you might consider a more conservative list. EDIT: I only found these because I'm having so much fun playing the game! Great work!!!
- pgt 7y agoYes please! I got "msgid". No way I would have guessed that was valid.
- smrq 7y agoHa, I also got "msgid". Glad I read your comment first :) FWIW, the same puzzle also included "penis", and as I'm at the office right now, I filled that one in last.