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Thoughts, suggestions and complaints regarding the SpellBinding game
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Unfortunate Non-Words: BLUEBALL
EQUALBALL, the most boring possible sport
ORRERY missed today! I can't believe it -- it is one of my favorite things (and words). Also my favorite episode of 'Storage Wars' features an orrery... ("So this is an ovary?" "No sir, this is definitely not an ovary!")
💬 View post · 2023-06-15 · 1 day ago
Me, a genius: aha! I've come up with an 8 letter word! Me, an idiot: already came up with that one when I logged in hours ago
💬 1 like · 2023-06-14 · 2 days ago
Today's unfortunate non-word: CUNTPLANT
💬 1 like · 2023-06-14 · 2 days ago
I feel like the word log is a day behind on the actual words?
💬 5 comments · 2023-06-14 · 2 days ago
Unfortunate non-word: muggle
💬 2 comments · 1 like · 2023-06-13 · 3 days ago
QUAILTY regrettably not a word — A resemblance to a small, ground-dwelling bird. Also, the characteristic of an utterance being cried-out, as in fear or apprehension.
💬 1 comment · 1 like · 2023-06-12 · 4 days ago
A suggestion: don't worry about a 'perfect game' or competing too much. Enjoy the challenge. I've tried my best to make the game more interesting by showing top word counts (it also acts as a clue to the puzzle dimensions), but not too competitive (by showing word counts and not scores). Just because someone has a high word count does not mean they are ahead of you - longer words or a pangram can make your score way higher.
💬 1 comment · 3 likes · 2023-06-12 · 5 days ago
I broke the game changeover script... Luckily the game was not affected, just the wordlog. I was never much of a bash script person. Hopefully it's good now, but we'll see tomorrow when cron runs the script.
💬 2 likes · 2023-06-11 · 5 days ago
Today's disappointing nonword: PUBICBLIMP
💬 2 likes · 2023-06-10 · 6 days ago
Missing words: HANGRY, GRUNGY
💬 View post · 2023-06-09 · 7 days ago
Broken link to submit a Spellbinding answer? The URL is: [gemini link] Removing one of the "cgi" from the end seems to fix it, and I am prompted to submit an entry. Once I submit an entry though, nothing changes on the submission page once it reloads... That might be a separate issue.
💬 5 comments · 2023-06-09 · 7 days ago
anyone else having issues? I can't seem to enter any words, but I see people on the leader board. I dropped the cert and closed the tab but still nothing
💬 4 comments · 2023-06-09 · 7 days ago
Another feature request: A tally of the words on the word log. I count them in order to see how close I, or we, got to a perfect game.
💬 4 comments · 1 like · 2023-06-09 · 7 days ago · #feature
A country name has slipped by and is today's pangram. I've removed it from the dictionary. I don't want to blow today's game, so let's pretend it was meant to be as a variation...
💬 View post · 2023-06-09 · 7 days ago
Should TOLUOL be in the dictionary? noun, Chemistry. 1) toluene. 2) the commercial form of toluene. Isn't a "commercial form" pretty much just a marketing/product name?
💬 1 comment · 2023-06-09 · 7 days ago
Feature request: Add a link to the latest Wordlog entry from the game page. Currently it requires three clicks to navigate to the latest Wordlog entry to see the words that you missed. Would be nice to get there in one click...
💬 2 comments · 2 likes · 2023-06-08 · 8 days ago · #feature
pangram is eluding me today
💬 View post · 2023-06-05 · 11 days ago
just when I pull ahead JB jumps in there and ties it up!
💬 View post · 2023-06-01 · 2 weeks ago
A recent non-word: PRICKPIN (pin used for pricking?) -- an inversion along the lines of 'ball bearing' -> 'bearing ball' often leads to fun non-words...
💬 View post · 2023-06-01 · 2 weeks ago
Missing today: analhorror
💬 4 likes · 2023-05-26 · 3 weeks ago
Adding: BACKTICK, QUINE. As a Lisp coder I can't resist either. The book Let Over Lambda features a fabulous quine, (let ((let '`(let ((let ',let)) ,let))) `(let ((let ',let)) ,let))
💬 2 likes · 2023-05-25 · 3 weeks ago
Yesterday's pangram was messed up. Mea culpa.
💬 1 like · 2023-05-24 · 3 weeks ago
Sorry if it was not clear. Simple plurals formed by adding an -S to a word are not allowed, but otherwise, plurals are fine.
💬 1 like · 2023-05-20 · 4 weeks ago
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