Guess a daily word with only clues as to its position in the alphabet to guide you

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• teegus@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  alphaguess.com

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  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks! This is much better than having to deal with the pop-ups for cookies etc in OPs link just to find the link for the actual game

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• Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok, that’s actually pretty fun.

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• beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Crap link. Cookies without any immediate Reject All option.

  ALPHAGUESS.COM is the link I saw days ago that didn’t have that in the way

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• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Got it in 14 guesses. The trick for this sort of game is to always aim for the middle of the possible range. Spoiler-free example:

  • Guess a word starting with M=13 (midrange between A=1 and Z=26).
  • If the unknown word is before that, guess one starting with F=6 (midrange between A=1 and M=13). If it’s after that, guess one with S=19 (midrange between M=13 and Z=26). Etc.
  • Once you find the first letter, repeat the process for the second later. However take into account that not all strings are valid/common in English; e.g. you’ll see plenty words starting in MA/ME/MI/MO/MU/MY, but words starting with MR or MT are damn rare.

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• VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  🧩 Puzzle #437 🤔 18 guesses ⏱️ 6m 20s

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• turtletracks@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  17 @ 3:45! This was a neat one

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