s/SpellBinding

💬 1 like · 2023-07-18 · 4 days ago

Unfortunate non-word of the day: ASSRAM

💬 1 like · 2023-07-12 · 10 days ago

Minor improvement: invalid letters are now flagged and displayed.

💬 View post · 2023-07-04 · 3 weeks ago

Confounded by BOOBIES... Technically it is an -S pluralization of BOOBY and is disallowed, but I want it so badly to be in!

🐐 Steve_Dracula

Really disappointed by the lack of ASSFAN today.

💬 View post · 2023-07-02 · 3 weeks ago

💬 1 like · 2023-07-01 · 3 weeks ago

Today's unfortunate non-word: BUSHSUSHI. Yuck.

💬 View post · 2023-06-27 · 4 weeks ago

Today's Unfortunate Nonwords: UNNUT, and its sister UNCUNT.

💬 View post · 2023-06-25 · 4 weeks ago

Missing pangram: VAPIDITY

🚀 skyjake

@stack What is the top ten sort order based on when multiple people have the same word count? Sorted by actual score?

💬 3 comments · 1 like · 2023-06-25 · 4 weeks ago

💬 6 comments · 2023-06-24 · 4 weeks ago

Broad categories of words to eliminate... I am always struggling with the tradeoff of balancing the dictionary: too many words and games become too large to be fun; too few and I get annoyed at 'such obvious' words missing... Currently close to optimal, I think. But I keep thinking of removing entire categories such as: - each word that ends in -MAN has a potential -WOMAN and -PERSON version; - birds - there are so darn many! - plants -- likewise. So many obscure grasses...And I found...

🚀 totroptof

Apologies if I'm being dense, but what does the MISSED bit (in the game display, above the score) mean?

💬 4 comments · 2023-06-19 · 5 weeks ago

💬 6 comments · 2023-06-17 · 5 weeks ago

I was thinking about how many unique games can be had in spellbinding. I've been out of comp sci theory for quite a while but I came up with: 26*6^20 but I'd love someone better at this than me to correct it. 26 center letters * 20 (19?) remaining letters swapped out for each letter on the circle (6). I feel like factorials are involved but maybe not.

💬 2 comments · 2023-06-17 · 5 weeks ago

Should baal be removed? Merriam Webster doesn't have it capitalized but has a note saying it is often capitalized. I could go either way.

💬 1 like · 2023-06-16 · 5 weeks ago

Unfortunate Non-Words: BLUEBALL

🐐 Steve_Dracula

EQUALBALL, the most boring possible sport

💬 View post · 2023-06-16 · 5 weeks ago

💬 View post · 2023-06-15 · 5 weeks ago

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!")

🐶 lori

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 · 5 weeks ago

💬 1 like · 2023-06-14 · 5 weeks ago

Today's unfortunate non-word: CUNTPLANT

💬 5 comments · 2023-06-14 · 5 weeks ago

I feel like the word log is a day behind on the actual words?

💬 2 comments · 1 like · 2023-06-13 · 6 weeks ago

Unfortunate non-word: muggle

💬 1 comment · 1 like · 2023-06-12 · 6 weeks 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 · 3 likes · 2023-06-12 · 6 weeks 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.

💬 2 likes · 2023-06-11 · 6 weeks 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.

🐐 Steve_Dracula

Today's disappointing nonword: PUBICBLIMP

💬 2 likes · 2023-06-10 · 6 weeks ago

💬 View post · 2023-06-09 · 6 weeks ago

Missing words: HANGRY, GRUNGY