I do the NY Times Mini crossword (.5-2 min) and Connections (2-3 min). I sometimes do one of the puzzles featured on cracking the cryptic (up to ~90 min). I tried plusword a few times, but I just didn’t get the clues most times. I used to do the set daily puzzle, but I got out of the habit. Wordle and similar never really caught on with me.
Not exactly daily per se the way, say, Wordle or the NY Times Mini crossword is, but I’m a huge fan of Nonograms. They kindof scratch the same itch and are a lot of fun. (For me at least.)
I’m familiar with the puzzle type, I’ll have to check out that site. It looks like a good collection. Someone came up with a variant called cross the streams where the shaded area has to be contiguous. The ambiguous clues cause some interesting logic.
I do Semantle. It’s sort of like a hot or cold kind of game where there is a word of the day and you guess words and they are scored as to how close they are semantically. You have an unlimited number of guesses and also a seemingly unlimited number of hints. Even with the hints it sometimes takes me 60 guesses, but sometimes it’s 5 or 6. There is a link to the paper where they discuss the relativity model they use. I find it challenging.
Its an interesting game, but I don’t think I’m enough of a word person to enjoy it. I might give it another shot.
Quizzle is a fun one. It’s a ‘20 questions’ game. I love it.
Thanks. I now have a streak of 1. I don’t know if its my style, but we’ll see.
⭐ Quizzle 45 10/20
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⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩Nice! I’ve got 9 left but I’ve got it narrowed down to individual things.
What were your questions? I won’t look until I get it :D
questions
bigger than a breadbox?
electronic?
natural?
animal?
mammal?
Domesticated?
live naturally in North America?
live Naturally in Africa?
grey?Nice! I just got it. But I asked >!if it kills humans and it said no. Threw me off.!<
Mine went:
⭐ Quizzle 45 18/20
!Is it a living thing 👍 Is it a mammal? 👍 Is it normal for a human to touch it? 👎 Do humans (that aren’t specialists) see it ever? 👍 Does it go into cities? 👍 Is it a pest to humans 👎 Is it an herbivore? 👍 Do humans hunt it? 👍 Is it a deer? 👎 Is it a reindeer? 👎 Can you find it in a zoo? 👍 Does it originate from Africa? 👍 Does it kill humans? 👎 Is it an gazelle? 👎 Does it have pointed horns? 👎 Is ita giraffe? 👎 Is it a zebra? 👎 Is it an elephant? ⭐!<
The spoiler syntax here is
:::spoiler display text
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:::Well they don’t usually. I also think it can be considered a pest in certain areas. And tusks are sort of horns.
Yes. This game really let’s me think through my questions to make them specific and able to wipe out half the remaining options. Because you’re right, they definitely don’t usually kill animals and that vagueness got me this time.
Thanks for telling me the spoiler thing. It was being weird when I hit preview and only covered the first line. I’ll get the hang of it :)
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