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Posted by pompomsheep 9 hours ago

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willtemperley 5 hours ago|

Cool. I wish I could choose British English as an option though, I failed to get words like Humor or Color because they’re just not in my lexiy.

xpct 6 hours ago||

Wow I suck! Played today's and a few others, and got ~4-6/18. I like the timer.

For 4 letters it's enough time to guess, but I have no idea what they mean: 'Doby', 'Etas'

mclanett 1 hour ago||

Surprisingly fun!

Retr0id 6 hours ago||

I failed on the last one, I wish I could've gone into "extra time" to keep guessing even if it didn't contribute to my score.

h2aichat 1 hour ago||

It is harder when english is not your first language. It's fun!

Vinnl 9 hours ago||

This is fun! Could use a short "how it works" blurb on the landing page though :)

pompomsheep 9 hours ago|

Thanks! I thought it was fun to throw people straight into the game without instructions but you think it too unclear?

Vinnl 9 hours ago||

I did get the first one straight away, so it's not too unclear, but it did induce a short moment of panic, which I'm not sure I'd categorise as fun :P

seabass 6 hours ago||

It’d be fun to get to try all the words. Maybe finishing the whole game as fast as possible could be the goal, rather than hitting 30s per word?

nonethewiser 5 hours ago||

Whats a good strategy for when you just don’t see it? Trying to think of a way to make incremental progress.

jll29 7 hours ago||

Very cool. As a linguist (not a native English speaker, but highly trained), I love it a lot.

Love the pressure due to the timer, and the best aid to help is say it aloud.

neogodless 2 hours ago|

But how do I learn the word I missed?!

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