[HN Gopher] Show HN: A to Z - A word game I built from a childho...
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Show HN: A to Z - A word game I built from a childhood road trip
memory
Long time lurker here. My family had a pen-and-paper game we'd play
on long drives to visit my great-grandmother. After she passed, I
spent the holidays recreating it: https://a26z.fun How it works:
Find 15 words from a category (like "Stone Fruits," "US States," or
"Dog Breeds") as fast as you can. Once you meet the 15 word
minimum, you can play for as long as you want. Each letter shows
how many target words start with it (A1 = one word starts with A,
N2 = two words start with N) That small 2 in the bottom-right?
Multi-word answers allowed. For "US States" with N2, both "NEW
YORK" and "NORTH DAKOTA" count Unlimited guesses, 2 hints, and a
shuffle button to reorder by frequency. Example: Category: US
States | Letters: A1 M1 N2 S2 Answers: ALABAMA, MONTANA, NEW
MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA If you're into Connections or Strands, this
scratches a similar itch but with a deduction twist.
Author : jackhulbert
Score : 7 points
Date : 2026-01-07 19:31 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (a26z.fun)
(TXT) w3m dump (a26z.fun)
| onychomys wrote:
| This is pretty fun! I'd suggest having the spellcheck suggestions
| not pop up correct answers (I typed "Ireland" and it asked if I
| meant Iceland, which was one of the answers I hadn't gotten to
| yet). And, for that matter, I'm not really sure why Ireland was
| wrong. I thought maybe it was because it shares its island with
| NI, but the DR shares its island with Haiti and DR was accepted.
| cvoss wrote:
| And Haiti was not, which was a weird inconsistency.
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