Word Guessing Games

Discussions center on a word-guessing puzzle game where players input guesses, receive feedback, and share strategies, attempt counts, and critiques of whether it's skill-based or mere luck and brute-force guessing.

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Sample Comments

mempko β€’ Aug 9, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Got it, so you are just guessing.

PotatoEngineer β€’ Sep 22, 2011 β€’ View on HN

Well, if you guess enough times...

2OEH8eoCRo0 β€’ Feb 13, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Are all guesses equally likely to bear fruit?

lazka β€’ Jan 8, 2019 β€’ View on HN

Got it, so you're just guessing.

foobahify β€’ Apr 9, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Yes. You weren't wrong. You need to first guess in order to not guess :)

igouy β€’ Sep 7, 2022 β€’ View on HN

You seem to want to play a guessing game.

soheil β€’ Feb 20, 2022 β€’ View on HN

It’s easy to just guess a few times and get it right. At least wrong guesses should have time penalty.

genesiss β€’ Jun 15, 2011 β€’ View on HN

You mean with smart guessing? That's no fun!

liotier β€’ Oct 15, 2015 β€’ View on HN

Well... You have just been tricked into reducing the guessing space by 1/10000 !

Gustomaximus β€’ Jul 13, 2016 β€’ View on HN

Really? Bringing guesses to a fact game. We can do better.