CrossWordle

This one is pretty interesting. A different type of challenge. The competition here is according to the time it takes to complete the puzzle. I’m sure there’s lots of opportunities for cheating, but if you enjoy Wordle, you might like this one by working backwards.

My first attempt.

Daily Crosswordle 56: 6m 32s

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:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Maybe posting screenshots is better?

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Daily Crosswordle 56: 5m 57s Crosswordle: Sudoku meets Wordle

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

This one feels weird to play, but I bet it gets better.

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Your time seems pretty good for the first try. I’m sure it just takes a bit a learning. Different strategies :+1:

This game needs serious improvements.
I created a situation where it was game over in the very first guess, yet it allowed me to continue playing, even though there was no possible valid guesses to be made.

From here, there are spoilers of today's game. You've been warned!

See the image below:
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According to this games rules, I must use the letter ‘A’ in my second guess.
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However, there’s no position where I can place it!

  • Positions 1, 4 and 5 are gray, so no letter from the final word can be placed there.
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  • Position 2 is where there should be an ‘A’ in the final word. If I write an ‘A’ there in my second guess, this spot would be green, not yellow.
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  • Position 3 was used in the first guess, and cannot be reused.
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Hence, I can’t play it, terminate it or restart it.
That’s no fun!
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I think the idea of the red triangles is that you only submit if you full in the whole puzzle and eliminate those errors. It’s more of a formative feedback, I guess. Also, I believe it should support multiple possible solutions. Perhaps a bug in the design. Also, not sure that I like the use of a timer to assess performance…

Not a bad puzzle, in my estimation.

Daily Crosswordle 57: 4m 23s

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:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

It does. After I played it there was a button to view other possible solutions.

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Kind of fun, kind of frustrating :upside_down_face:

Daily Crosswordle 60: 8m 48s

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:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

The instructions look kind of complicated, but I’ll give it a shot. I state in advance, though, that if I get pulverized, or just can’t figure out how to play it, I ain’t posting the results.

What the heck???!!! IT’S ANOTHER TRAP!

Daily Crosswordle 60: 1h 9m 14s Crosswordle: Sudoku meets Wordle

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:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
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Finally got one done quickly. Almost had it in under a minute, but second guessed meself.

Daily Crosswordle 61: 1m 2s

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:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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