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My daily word puzzle Jointter revisited

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Hello.This is a follow-up to the post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317548I've got tons of feedback. Thank you all so much for that!The main issue was an absence of tutorial. I've added it. Hope it helps.Since many people have played, I've noticed that many people start the game, but almost no one finishes it. Is the game hard? What is the main obstacle?Most people, when see opened HA......, try to enter the word that start with HA and give up, forgetting that the first letter can be B as well. It is not necessary to enter specific words. You can submit whatever word you like.So, I'd like to ask for your advice. How to improve the game, so that more people finish it? Maybe I shouldn't make it a daily game with increasing difficulty throughout the week? The same board hides multiple words. I thought that some sort of a challenge would be a good idea, but don't know how to implement it: https://www.jointter.com/2026-11-02/?w=PUPThe idea of the game is good, but mechanics and gameplay are far from perfect.As before, constructive criticism is always welcome.You can test and retest the game at https://www.jointter.comThank you very much!

HN · launched Nov 9, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 44%) · 0 views

Niche: browser puzzle games · 310 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

Source listing ↗

Could you build this?

Yes This is a daily word puzzle web game with a tutorial and user feedback. A solo builder can vibe-code the front end, word validation, and daily-puzzle scheduling with a small word list.

Discussion

4 comments analyzed.

Concerns raised: Too confusing for new players, Too much clutter on screen, feels overwhelming, Attempt feedback hard to interpret even with tutorial, Red lines move around between guesses, Green letter feedback misleading when it's a subset of the answer

Feature requests: Simplify the screen and reduce clutter, Make the game intuitive with less instruction, Clearer attempt feedback that actually helps solving

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 540 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #221 of 541 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 376 days after the earliest competitor.

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