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The game's great but I'm puzzled why no one mentions that this is a verbatim copy of Lingo, a 1987 tv show that's been adapted in many countries. I used to watc
by d--b 5y ago
The game's great but I'm puzzled why no one mentions that this is a verbatim copy of Lingo, a 1987 tv show that's been adapted in many countries. I used to watch this in France where it was very successful. Once people got too good at 5-letter words, they ran 6, then 7, and finally 8 letters.
- Kiro 5y agoIt's obviously very standard (and has been done a million times before and after Lingo... probably as long as language has existed) but it's all about the execution here.
- Vinnl 5y agoNine days ago :) > Fun fact: this concept is also the basis for a game show on Dutch national TV. I took part two years ago, and spent way too much time optimising our strategy: https://vincenttunru.com/hacking-a-gameshow/ https://vincenttunru.com/hacking-a-gameshow/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29713212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29713212 And we even went up to ten letters! (Albeit in a slightly different format.)
- Jasper_ 5y agoIt goes back even further, to a word game from 1955, though I'm sure it's been invented earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotto
- kirso 5y agoEverything is a remix!