[gojomo]

Was eager to try but found it buggy - or at least, confusingly arcane in how guesses are scored.

Today's 'transportation' puzzle had 4 consonants & 4 vowels. I got to a guess (nonsense string) whose feedback was 4 vowels correct, 4 consonants correct. (Not sharing here to avoid spoiling for others.)

After becoming frustrated that I couldn't devise a word using those letters, I entered them into online word-finders like those for Scrabble or the Internet Anagram Server – and they're not turning up any single 8-letter word/words (transportation related or not, compound or not) that might be the answer.

Maybe brands? No luck.

Show to wife, she makes suggestion that's similar to the 8 letters I've been trying, but differs in one vowel. Bingo.

So: it was telling me I had 4 vowels correct even when I was supplying a vowel NOT present in the answer.

(A rot13 of a string it erroneously told me had 4 vowels and 4 consonants correct: ZNEBHVYA)

[asvitkine]

When you guess a vowel that's repeated in the answer, it counts all the occurrences.

[Kiro]

That makes no sense. Can someone please just tell me the word?

[swores]

Answer to the first one, written on pastebin to avoid anyone seeing it as a spoiler:

https://pastebin.com/A7RQjNdd

[stevage]

It does make sense. It's just counter intuitive and not the way most puzzle games work.

It makes it quite hard. I'm not sure if it's a good hard or a bad hard yet.

[matryer]

I think you're right - I've updated the rules - give it a go and let me know. Thanks for the feedback.

[matryer]

Thanks so much for this feedback. I think you're right. I've updated the game, and I think it makes more sense now. Please give it a try and let me know.