Hilo - Daily 7-letter word puzzle based on alphabetical deduction
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Hilo is a unique daily word puzzle that challenges players to guess a 7-letter word in just five tries using alphabetical logic. Unlike traditional word games, Hilo relies on binary search principles, providing 'Hi', 'Lo', or 'Solve' hints for each letter to narrow down the target range. This approach shifts the focus from memorizing obscure vocabulary to mastering deduction and pattern recognition. Players can track their daily streaks or create private groups to compete with friends on the same daily challenge. Built with curiosity by Madalin, Hilo offers a fresh, logic-driven twist on the popular word game genre.
Hilo isn't about knowing obscure words. It's about logic and deduction - watching the letter ranges shrink with every guess until the answer clicks into place.
- 4chandaily
I loaded the puzzle and was presented with an empty 7 character prompt. I tried typing in three different seven-letter words, and each time I hit "GO", I was told the word was "Not in the word list".
With no further guidance given, I closed the tab.
- captaincrunch
I recently did the same (made a daily game) and I am approaching 100k plays since March. https://plot-hole.com - the best thing so far about this app has been the analytics which you can check out here: https://plot-hole.com/daily-analytics-82u4fhrvw
- some_random
Cool in principle, but I had an awful lot of trouble finding 7 letter words on the wordlist.
- SubiculumCode
Fun game. The concept is good. However:
I couldn't find the go button for a while...finally realized it was part of the keyboard...that could be better
I don't get the colors on the keys, as intuitively it seems like it should be the available letters in the current position, but they don't change based on the letter spot I would be currently typing in.
I wanted to share my result with a friend who loves word games, but there was no share button. Also pasting the link does not come up with a web preview in slack/messengers.
It would be nice to be able to go back and play past days.
In terms of difficulty,hard but achievable. Might think on a difficulty slider, or a climb (first solve 5 letter, if won, 6, then 7?
- troyvit
I see a lot of people saying 7 letters is too long, but I feel like the additional hints about where to go when you guess wrong helps make up for that.
It took me a minute to get what was going on and I wasted a few guesses but I like that it requires a new strategy.
I was able to adapt my first go-to wordle words to 7 letters and realized that they should be different because of what you learn from guess to guess.
I suck at wordle and got this in like 7 guesses. Is your model to keep it on your site or do you plan to license the game?