Don't Wordle
Games
word game
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676points
236comments
#25of 2,570 in 2022
Top 1%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
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19 positive, 75 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 27 critical, out of 124 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 11 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 13 againstDesign: 2 for, 9 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Hard and clever; fun twist on Wordle
From 4 comments
Fun, clever and hard! Failed miserably first attempt.
zwieback on HNThis one is much harder than I expected, or even seems reasonable. I have no problem at all with Wordle, Worldle, Quordle, etc, but this one had me stumped for a long time. I…
mcv on HNI got down to one of two possible words and managed to guess the right one. I like this twist on the original
Minor49er on HNThis is really well done.
jtamsut on HN
Valid words remaining counter is a great feature
From 2 comments
The remaining word feature is huge. Good call.
kurupt213 on HNI won today with no undos and I'm more proud of that than winning any wordle, heardle, semantle, or any of the rest. Came down to 2 words remaining, one more guess. Phew! Great…
bryanmccann on HN
Objections
Too hard and frustrating for many players
From 4 comments
For me this “game” can be summarrized as: First guess. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. The application won’t let me do anything even mildly suboptimal, and it’s not fun at all (aside…
Aeolun on HNToo difficult for me lmao.
memorable on HNtried, got stuck on guess 2. frustrating, not fun for me
xylophoner on HNIt's amazing to experience how this one design change completely ruins the game experience for me. And I really mean that: Totally unexpected before I actually gave it a go.…
jstummbillig on HN
Mobile layout and keyboard issues
From 4 comments
Already love it, but can you fit it onto an iphone SE display please! Im scrolling and zooming all over the place (some of us like small phones :)
soylentgraham on HNIt seems keyboard is unresponsive on FF mobile: is that just me?
necovek on HNTried on firefox mobile with javascript enabled, I tried to tape the in-page visual keyboard buttons but no response. Does it work on mobile without physical keyboard?
aabbcc1241 on HNCant you make the vertical height on mobile about 50px less, so it does not scroll in full screen on an iPhone SE. Thanks!
Humphrey on HN
Possible word-count bug versus real Wordle word list
From 2 comments
I seem to have found a bug (or the word list is drastically different from Wordle). The game says I have 3 possible words remaining, but every Wordle solver website says I only…
DungZeekFu on HNSPOILER WARNING. There seems to be a bug. I guessed 'rhyme', 'build', 'tonal', and 'local'. Then it said that I must use an UNDO. It doesn't let me enter 'vocal' and 'focal' to…
mleonhard on HN
Requests
Add a give up or reveal-word button
From 1 comment
It would be nice if there was a Give Up button. I got down to 30 possible words but could not for the life of me think of what they could be. I was craving that “Ohhhhh!!!!!”…
ajjenkins on HN
Add an easy mode showing viable letters
From 1 comment
It's a fun idea, but I found it super frustrating because it gets harder and harder to come up with consistent words. I'd personally like an "easy setting" where there's another…
pontus on HN
Fix mobile fit and keyboard responsiveness
From 2 comments
Already love it, but can you fit it onto an iphone SE display please! Im scrolling and zooming all over the place (some of us like small phones :)
soylentgraham on HNIt seems keyboard is unresponsive on FF mobile: is that just me?
necovek on HN
Questions
Can words exist with no valid solution in this game?
From 1 comment
Hello! I am the creator of Don’t Wordle. Really excited to see this took off today. I thought I would share some background about the game, some of the iterations I went through,…
dontwordle on HN
Alternatives named
Absurdle
From 1 comment
Similar in spirit: Absurdle, [1] which tries to make you lse as hard as it can (instead of choosing a hidden word at first, it keeps track of all valid words compatible with your…
TuringTest on HN
Antiwordle
From 1 comment
Closely related (meaning: I think it might be exactly the same game): Antiwordle, https://www.antiwordle.com/ . [EDITED to add:] Not exactly the same; with Antiwordle the idea is…
gjm11 on HN
Survivle
From 1 comment
Similar to https://lazyguyy.github.io/survivle/ I like this one better, the undo button is a nice touch.
banana_giraffe on HN
Eldrow (Jane Street puzzle)
From 1 comment
Jane street had a puzzle related to this, called eldrow [1], a few months ago. The gist is you’re trying to find the worst sequence of (hard mode) guesses possible for any word…
giyanani on HN