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The puzzle uses a finite set of words, with some real, but extremely obscure words left out.
If you feel like there is a word that you should be able to play, you can enter it here.
I don't have a strong order decided for building these - but this is what you can expect by February 2024, maybe sooner:
Social groups. You'll be able to add friends and have a dedicated leaderboard tab for the people in your social group.
Sharable log of your puzzle guesses. You know the green and yellow emojis Wordle uses? Yeah like that.Past Puzzles. You won't get any bonuses from playing them, but you will get the base points.
A real domain name. This will also come with a paid server, so there's no waiting for a puzzle to load
A new game-mode for finding all possible answers of a puzzle. This will feature a sweet branching tree that will mark your progress
Weekly Challenge. A much longer puzzle. This will also be where I test out different possible rule-sets
Suggest a word. You'll highlight the spot in a puzzle and what word you think it's missing. It'll get sent to me to review and add to the puzzle while it's still upUpdating the points system. Instead of getting bonuses as you finish, you'll get them at the end of the day. That way you're ranked against everyone who finished - not just those who finished before you.Also, bronze medals.
Creating a visual theme for the puzzles. It'll give a unique feel rather than the slightly boring modern look.
After most of the above, I'll be adding some discrete ads. I have an awesome idea in mind for adding an entirely new system to play with, but it'll need to be a full blown game. With a budget.
Well, Scrambler is a little game that I came up with at a house party (I know, real rager). I drew the idea out on the back of a plastic plate and people actually like it!
It's been almost a year since then. I taught myself web-development to be able to build this (I code in Python otherwise) and share with all of you.
I've got HUGE ideas for things I'd like to do with this, but they all need players. Shout-out to my friends who've been my first playtesters. If you're enjoying the game, please share with your friends so I can build all the cool things I want to show you :)
Tell me what's on your mind. If you leave an email I'll be happy to get back to you.
How would you rate that puzzle?
Check back then to see how you did! Finishers
Fastest duration earns gold (2x points).
Top 20% earn silver (1.5x points).
Top 50% earn bronze (1.25x points)
Fewest guesses earns gold (2x points).
Top 20% earn silver (1.5x points).
Top 50% earn bronze (1.25x points)
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V1.3 - Jan 8 2024
Added: Scrambler Sixes puzzle mode! Currently in beta while we balance the scoring.
Added: A small greeting popup that will be filled with more relevant stuff soon.
V1.2.7 - Dec 27 2023
Added: Error message if you are offline, so you dont make guesses to the puzzle while not connected.
Added: Warning message if the puzzle is already over. So you know that you won't be on that day's leaderboard
Fixed: Leaderboard no longer shows people who finished a puzzle past the end of the day
Fixed: if you finish a puzzle in an exact number of minutes (no seconds), your time now displays correctly
V1.2.6 - Dec 12 2023
Added: Titles! In the achievements tab, you can set titles from the achievements you've acquired to be displayed in the leaderboard
V1.2.5 - Dec 10 2023
Changed: Leaderboard tables have been redesigned! There's now more space for displaying information, as well as space to hold special Titles...
Changed: Puzzles themselves have been greatly updated. Now every possible branch you take will be guaranteed to have a next word which is relatively common. You won't need to worry about choosing a word that limits you to later words that are wildly obscure.
V1.2.4 - Dec 2 2023
Added: Some more achievements
Added: A little notification bubble for achievements you haven't seen.
Changed: Guests have all their progress tracked. The only thing they don't have is their name on the leaderboard.
Changed: Achievements, puzzles, etc. you complete as a guest are transferred over to your profile after you log in on the same device.
V1.2.3 - Nov 25 2023
Added: Achievements! Well, the first 8 of them
V1.2.2 - Nov 12 2023
Added: Sharing buttons. It'll copy your puzzle results into your clipboard
Changed: The entire points system! You now get points at the end of the day, and you're ranking against everyone who finished the puzzle that day.
V1.2.1 - Oct 26 2023
Added: Start button for each puzzle. Your timer doesn't start until the puzzle is fully loaded in
Added: Load-in / Load-out animations for the puzzles
Added: Clearing a word fixes your cursor on the first letter
Added: Pressing delete on an empty letter deletes the previous one
Changed: Improved on the completed-puzzle animation to include RAINBOWS
Changed: When making a guess, there is a subtle fade-in on the letter colours, rather than a sharp change
V1.2.0 - Oct 19 2023
Added: A Logo!
Added: Privacy Policy
Changed: Guests can play hard puzzle
Changed: All the UI!
Changed: Blue markings now show on changed letters rather than unchanged.
V1.1.4 - Oct 7 2023
Added: Easter Eggs!!
Changed: Just some back-end stuff, but guesses are now all verified server-side!
V1.1.3 - Oct 6 2023
Added: Suggest a Word!
Changed: Login had been redesigned
Changed: Minor restyling of the headers in fullscreen windows
Fixed: Game now accepts 9001 words (Or more if you find any missing ones)! As opposed to < 4000 previously.
Fixed: iOS browsers now render buttons correctly
V1.1.2 - Oct 2 2023
Added: Some navigation pages are active - contact, about, roadmap
Changed: Made some of the buttons bigger. Hoping it adds some breathing space to the design
Fixed: Visual inconsistencies on Firefox mobile browser.
V1.1.1 - Sep 30 2023
Changed: Tutorial is now interactive!
Changed: Errors are now toasts. Logs are emailed to me for fixing
Fixed: Emails are no longer case sensitive.
V1.1.0 - Sep 27 2023
Added: username recovery
Added: Menu (mostly empty)
Added: Profile page, logout, delete profile
V1.0.9 - Sep 25 2023
Added: You can now play the easy puzzle without logging in (to encourage new players to try it out).
Added: After finishing the easy puzzle while not being logged in - logging in or creating an account will add your rewards to your profile
Changed: Hard puzzles with now be worth more.
Fixed: Problems with puzzle refusing to accept answer place in lower rows
Fixed: Delete key no longer shifts over to the next letter
V1.0.8 - Sep 23 2023
Removed: No user_id cookies yet. Apple won't save cookie. This will wait until we have a custom URL
Added: Passwords are store in the database as a salted hash. Basically it's much safer
Added: Password reset via email
V1.0.7 - Sep 21 2023
Added: Security! Your user_id is now sent through a cookie
V1.0.6 - Sep 12 2023
Added: Leaderboard !!!
Added: Streaks
You're in for a treat!
Scrambler Sixes is a solo challenge of speed versus creativity. Your goal is to fill in 6 new words as quickly as possible, while choosing the most uncommon words that will fit.
Once you've put in your answer, your score will be determined by your time and the appearance frequency that your words have (more below). The lower your score, the higher your points.
Test it out!
One letter needs to change between each word (order doesn't matter), and you can't use the same word twice.
Guess Frequencies:
SMART → One in 14,791 words
As you fill in words, they will turn GREEN if they are valid words and have one letter changed. If a word isn't real or doesn't follow the rule, it'll turn ORANGE.
Lastly, there are blue indicators that will appear above or below a letter if you've changed that letter. If you change more than one letter by accident, the indicators will turn orange.
The frequency values are taken from a Python project called wordfreq which is powered by Luminoso. It draws from some very large langauge sources such as Google Books, Wikipedia, and OpenSubtitles.
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I think you're going to love this!
Scrambler Solve is quite simple. We're going to show you 4 simple puzzles that will teach you everything you need to know!
If it's your first time, I highly recommend you solve these tutorial puzzles:
New word, new letter
Every time you make a new word, you need to change a letter. Sometimes the puzzle even shows you what that letter is.
When you make your guess, it will turn GREEN if correct. If it's wrong, it'll turn ORANGE.
Select the empty squares and create a new word. You already know that 'I' is the new letter.
Picking a new letter
Sometimes you aren't shown what the new letter is and need to pick one.
From REACH, E, A, and H have been used for the new word. Pick one of the remaining letters and one new letter to make a new word.
Each word is unique
The puzzles you solve will have more than one word. When working on the 3rd word of a puzzle, you are changing one letter from the 2nd word - NOT from the 1st word.
Try checking your answer after putting in the 2nd word, then again for the 3rd word. Remember, the 3rd word can't be REACH since it is already used in the puzzle.
There can be dead-ends
It's possible to find a 2nd word that won't work for the rest of the puzzle. When you submit a guess, the GREEN and ORANGE colours will tell you whether a solution exists based on the words used so far.
If you use RACER as a 2nd word, you won't be able to make a 3rd word from it. Try to find a word that works!
That's all :)
You can solve puzzles all in one go, or one word at a time - even bottom to top.
There's a daily easy and hard puzzle. And if you created a profile, you can see how you rank against every one who finished the day's puzzle.
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