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Ok I’m ignorant. Why only 5 letters? Also one could argue the root cause of those many, complex reasons is under-investment in R&D based in the assumption “the

• tehbeard 5y ago
  Timing for the game loop and accessibility. 5 letters gives enough options without requiring the player to have access to a lot of guesses to have any hope of winning, and gives the game a short playtime. It's built to be quick to play. You can play it on a commute, or dip in a few times throughout the day. You wouldn't have that progress visible to players with a larger problem space. Tangentially, you'd also wind up having to lean more on "technical" (as in scoped to a particular domain, not technological) language in order to fill the list. That limits access to those outside of that field of study.
  • RC_ITR 5y ago
    You’re just describing positive aspects of the game in its current state, not “anything other than 5 letters causes the game to fall apart”