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by jprete 907 days ago
My puzzle word has four vowels. My two guesses each four vowels, but not the same four (e.g. "AAIO" and "AEIO"), and I got four vowel matches for each guess. I know how that result can pop out of a particular way of scoring, but it's not what I expect from a word guessing game.
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Yeah that really messed with me OOA and OAA shouldn't count the same imo, but at bare minimum if it's a feature not a bug it should be noted in the How to Play
Yes, this tripped me up as well. I thought it was scoring the correct number of vowels/consonants out of those you entered, not the number of vowels/consonants you have identified in the solution. Guessing both "AA" and "AE" and getting the same result of "2 vowels identified" feels odd if one of those letters is not used in the solution.
Thanks so much for this feedback. I think you're right. I've updated the game, and I think it makes more sense now. Would somebody be able to try it out for me and let me know? Thanks again.