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Games
word game helper
SHOW HN2012
54points
48comments
#433of 1,677 in 2012
Top 26%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Execution: 1 for, 6 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful and handy for playing
From 2 comments
Real awesome tool, great job Steve. On a side note though, anyone who seriously uses this tool to play 'Draw Something' is missing out on the concept of the game, which is to use…
hellokhoaphan on HNnice.. so you put a limit on the number of letters, and shuffle the letters in all possible combinations searching your wictionary. Interesting.
madzito on HN
Sorting by frequency and the official word list are good additions
From 2 comments
The client downloads the current word list from this URL: http://static.iminlikewithyou.com/drawsomething/wordlist.csv I've been meaning to see if I can run a proxy and…
mgevans on HNWow, great find. Obviously using the actual list would be a lot more helpful since they often combine multiple words into one ("lavalamp", "musicbox") and use a lot of very…
wizzard on HN
Objections
Using a solver cheats the drawing game
From 2 comments
Real awesome tool, great job Steve. On a side note though, anyone who seriously uses this tool to play 'Draw Something' is missing out on the concept of the game, which is to use…
hellokhoaphan on HNI think you're sort of missing the point of the game, which is to be a game. If you're cheating anyone, it's yourself. Cheating (unless you're developing the cheat yourself) is…
tylermenezes on HN
Server errors and broken search
From 3 comments
500 Server error. That went well.
gautaml on HNWhich wordlist/dictionary are you using? I use WordNet for my word finding app: http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/ FYI, the search is broken right now, probably due to HN…
chime on HNI tried the word 'parallelogram'. The web page keeps changing 13 letters to 12 letters in the number of letters box then saying it can't find a word. I've never heard of 'draw…
keithpeter on HN
Requests
Use the official Draw Something word list
From 2 comments
Nice! Steve - can you use this word list instead? (http://static.iminlikewithyou.com/drawsomething/wordlist.csv)
mopatches on HNWow, great find. Obviously using the actual list would be a lot more helpful since they often combine multiple words into one ("lavalamp", "musicbox") and use a lot of very…
wizzard on HN
Put the code on GitHub
From 2 comments
Fair enough! It's not up on github is it?
jurre on HNI'll keep an eye on it and see if I can send you a pull request :)
jurre on HN
Accept all letters in one input box
From 1 comment
you should consider allowing users to input all the letters into one single input box, might just a little bit less effort for the users =)
shinji97 on HN
Questions
Which word list is used
From 2 comments
Which wordlist/dictionary are you using? I use WordNet for my word finding app: http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/ FYI, the search is broken right now, probably due to HN…
chime on HNCool - where are you sourcing the candidate words?
mopatches on HN
Alternatives named
Justin's Draw Something word tool
From 1 comment
I've actually been using this for awhile: http://www.justin.my/draw-something-words/
snguyen on HN
WordNet-based tip-of-my-tongue finder
From 1 comment
Which wordlist/dictionary are you using? I use WordNet for my word finding app: http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/ FYI, the search is broken right now, probably due to HN…
chime on HN
wordplay
From 1 comment
The client downloads the current word list from this URL: http://static.iminlikewithyou.com/drawsomething/wordlist.csv I've been meaning to see if I can run a proxy and…
mgevans on HN