Like I said - I panicked!! I also didn’t realize I was on guess 8 at the time, or I probably would have tried a little harder on the RUQ instead of throwing a Hail Mary at the LUQ.
I really wanted the RUQ to be DEWAR and when it wasn’t I got grumpy, haha.
I actually gave up the first several games, but now I’m able to make some sense of it. It’s definitely way more challenging (frustrating?) than Wordle.
That’s fantastic! My best is five (today and yesterday). I feel like I finally understand the rules, but I have to admit I was rather impatient the first 3-4 days. I had more time on the weekend and I could take time to learn the meaning of the dots and actually complete a game.
I used to be quite good at Mastermind, so the concept of how to interpret the green & yellow (black and white, in Mastermind) came back to me pretty easily.
We didn’t have Mastermind at our house. For a family of five kids, we had very few board games…It just dawned on me that I think my parents preferred to give us books over board games because the games we had typically ended in massive arguments.
Maybe I shouldn’t have wished for mechanics more like Mastermind
It’s really suprisingly difficult/different with the reduced information in the clues. I’m stubborn enough that I am now hooked after failing miserably at my first try
Right?! It is so surprisingly harder. The puzzle it presents, especially having to come up with a word that fits all of your previous guesses, is super fascinating to me. I might some day add a way to “submit” your score. I’m fascinated by the different paths to the solution.