Show HN: Cobble – A hard daily word game

https://wilf.live/cobble/

18•wolfred•6h ago

How to play:

1. You're given a set of letters (such as "ZXCVBNM")

2. Come up with two words that use all the letters (like "convex zombie")

3. The shorter the words, the better!

Comments

Wistar•4h ago

A bit surprised that TILTH is not in the acceptable word list.

floren•1h ago

Ah, so I'm not the only one!

spookie•1h ago

Could make it with 2 common words for 11. But a second attempt used archaic ones.

It's a bit limited though

eszed•56m ago

Nor was "hilted", so I came back here to complain about the word list. :-)

degamad•4h ago

Cute game! A way to sign up without a google account would be nice, but since it's playable without it, that's good enough for me for now.

pimlottc•4h ago

I completed the puzzle and it said “Good”. Then I looked at the scoreboard and other people got numerical scores? And I didn’t?

v64•3h ago

your score is the length of your two words plus the space

d--b•3h ago

You shouldn’t force people to create an account. Pretty much all other xxxle games are login-free.

degamad•3h ago

I was able to play without an account, when did it force you to create one?

spookie•1h ago

Before it did.

vrosas•2h ago

Neat. Remove the need to log in and use the regular keyboard, please.

gsliepen•1h ago

What if you find one word that covers all the letters, like "highlighted"?

MinimalAction•1h ago

There are two Ts in the prompt. Choose a long second word with a T in it.

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