Show HN: Strikethrough – a daily puzzle where you make words by deleting letters(puzzle-brothers.boondoggle.studio)

6 pointsby DJSnackySnack9 เดือนที่ผ่านมา3 comments

puzzle-brothers.boondoggle.studio

Show HN: Strikethrough – a daily puzzle where you make words by deleting letters

https://puzzle-brothers.boondoggle.studio/puzzles/strikethrough

Hi HN - I’m a copywriter by trade who loves word games. A while back I wondered: what if you flipped the idea of Scrabble on its head? Instead of building words, start with a long one and carve away letters to find the smaller words hidden inside. I made a quick prototype, then my brother helped turn it into a real game.

Play Strikethrough: https://puzzle-brothers.boondoggle.studio/puzzles/strikethro...

How it works

- You get a seed word (e.g., LONGBOARD). - Delete letters from it to make valid words: LONG, BOARD, LORD, BARD, etc. - Find 10 words to beat the day’s puzzle, or be a completionist and find them all. - New puzzle daily. No sign-up required.

I’d love to know what you all think!

3 comments

bigjobby9 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

Excellent. I perhaps missed an instruction but it took me a while to figure out that the words don't have to be sequential. Once I realised, much happiness ensued. Bookmarked Thank you

DJSnackySnack9 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

gus_massa9 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

It does not detect words with only two letters, like IT or IS. You may say that in the tutorial.