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Was eager to try but found it buggy - or at least, confusingly arcane in how guesses are scored. Today's 'transportation' puzzle had 4 consonants & 4 vowels. I
by gojomo 3y ago
Was eager to try but found it buggy - or at least, confusingly arcane in how guesses are scored.
Today's 'transportation' puzzle had 4 consonants & 4 vowels. I got to a guess (nonsense string) whose feedback was 4 vowels correct, 4 consonants correct. (Not sharing here to avoid spoiling for others.)
After becoming frustrated that I couldn't devise a word using those letters, I entered them into online word-finders like those for Scrabble or the Internet Anagram Server – and they're not turning up any single 8-letter word/words (transportation related or not, compound or not) that might be the answer.
Maybe brands? No luck.
Show to wife, she makes suggestion that's similar to the 8 letters I've been trying, but differs in one vowel. Bingo.
So: it was telling me I had 4 vowels correct even when I was supplying a vowel NOT present in the answer.
(A rot13 of a string it erroneously told me had 4 vowels and 4 consonants correct: ZNEBHVYA)
- asvitkine 3y agoWhen you guess a vowel that's repeated in the answer, it counts all the occurrences.
- Kiro 3y agoThat makes no sense. Can someone please just tell me the word?
- swores 3y agoAnswer to the first one, written on pastebin to avoid anyone seeing it as a spoiler: https://pastebin.com/A7RQjNdd https://pastebin.com/A7RQjNdd
- stevage 3y agoIt does make sense. It's just counter intuitive and not the way most puzzle games work. It makes it quite hard. I'm not sure if it's a good hard or a bad hard yet.
- matryer 3y agoI think you're right - I've updated the rules - give it a go and let me know. Thanks for the feedback.
- matryer 3y agoThanks so much for this feedback. I think you're right. I've updated the game, and I think it makes more sense now. Please give it a try and let me know.