sawyerpip wrote:JT986M2 wrote:Third guess, but I admit I saw the chat about today’s word and it’s particular quirk.
It’s downright bizarre that it isn’t listed in the rules, as that throws the whole thing off. The board should have a way of indicating a letter appears twice. An asterisk next to the letter, or something.
I mean it’s free, so can’t complain too much.
Why should the game indicate if a letter appears twice? The rules are perfectly consistent as they are, notifying you of a double letter would make the game even easier. You just have to keep it in mind when guessing.
I am not saying that words such as that should not be included, but I think a rule should be present to say that these situations can occur. A key part of the game is highlighting that a letter appears in the word, and if that letter in a correct or incorrect place. With the reminder not currently listed, and the game automatically choosing to tell you
only one location of a particular letter, it does not necessarily fully abide by this rule which is the basis for the game. From a usability perspective, the method in which the keyboard is colour-coding does not help in this situation.
This is different to an alternate spelling, because an alternate spelling does not impact the baseline rules of the game.
All I am saying is that a single bullet-point reminder would be useful which mentions this caveat, that's all. It's a free game, so I'm not expecting it to be fixed or whatever. I'm just providing a suggestion (not expecting anyone to listen) as to what could make it better.