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• saghm
  The rules should probably explicitly mention the minimum length of four letters. (It's a reasonable rule; it just wasn't obvious from reading the info in "how to play")
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  jasonpeacock
  It’s basically Ribbit from Puzzmo, which is fine because reimplementations let you experiment with different gameplay.https://www.puzzmo.com
• mmvvaa
  Good game. I did not think I was going to be able to make it.Zanagrams #5 Complete in 11:23 https://zanagrams.com/
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  acrophiliac
  I'm stuck. Does that mean I chose the wrong word earlier and used up an essential letter? Does the sequence of word guesses matter? Is there an Undo feature so I can back up and try a different order of guesses? Can I get a hint? Is there a way to give up and see the solution (order of word guesses)?
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  azeirah
  You should add a scoreboard! I got zanagram #5 in 3 minutes and 53 seconds. Also found two bonus wordsI thought I was slow but now I see others took 10 minutes and 20 minutes! Maybe I'm not so slow!Zanagrams #5 Complete in 03:53 https://zanagrams.com/
• bbx
  Great game! I really like how it removes any possible letters or connections. I managed to finish two zanagrams without any wrong answers. It’d be great if there was a way to gain a “perfect” score.
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  dpfu
  Nice game! I found 20 words.I was a bit stunned by the concept of "bonus words". I found that every word should count. Also because some words are just plural forms (e.g. stroke+s), so kinda cheep?!Keep ups the good work!
• wkjagt
  This is so much fun. And something while playing reminded me of a this video I saw where someone asks her boyfriend "what does Y-E-S spell", and he said "yes". Then she asked him what "E-Y-E-S" spelled, and he couldn't figure it out (he kept saying "eee... yes?"). Anyway, I was looking at the remaining letters with just one word left to go. Four of them formed a word I had already guessed, plus one letter, but didn't make any sense with that additional letter. Until it did. I won't spoil which was it was, but it was in puzzle #1.
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  Cyclone_
  The only thing I would add would be to keep track of the words already found.
• iKlsR
  Pretty fun, took me about 10 minutes but found 24 words 10 of them bonus. This was #5 for future viewers.Edit: welp, spent another 15 mins and managed to solve the previous 4. Currently whipping up a custom version for myself that gives a new set of words related to a theme on each solve, love it.
• jmpavlec
  Fun game, managed in just over 3 min. How are people taking so long...?
• brtsml
  Zanagrams #5 Complete in 22:17https://files.catbox.moe/fgmb4b.jpegSuper fun, i found a tons of words and the last 3 ones were really hard to find
• abnry
  Very nice! I solved them all in the backyard on a pleasant Sunday afternoon.
• iku
  Great puzzle! Is there a way to give up and see all the answers? After 20 minutes or so still have 8 words to find. (Not a native English speaker.)
• NDlurker
  Cool game. Snus isn't in the word list btwFound six bonus words.
• ctenb
  Cool that they list the definitions of the words afterwards. This makes it even more fun for non-native speakers, as it adds a free learning aspect to it.
• shrx
  Cool game! Definitely needs the bonus words counter in the shareable results snippet.
• a-l-e-c
  Simple and fun, appreciate the definitions! Was wondering about ideas for creating a simple game using the vocab list from my koreader app, but will probably need to be a crossword type game where I need to match definitions with words. This just reminded me of that :)
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  almara
  Fun! I like how the puzzle naturally gets easier as you solve it. How do you decide which words to include?
• veganjay
  Fun game. I found had trouble seeing the color contrast, so I modified the connection color by updating the CSS for .root.tile to #aaffff
• ggaswint
  Love how the connections disappear once the letter is used up. Feels progressive
• heystefan
  Love this! Added to bookmarks. Wish it had a counter for bonus words so I know if I missed them.
• cryptoboy2283
  https://zanagrams.com/puzzles/5.json
• em-bee
  the score should include how many bonus words you found (out of how many there were in total) and instead of time it should count how many tries you made because technically you could brute force this and try all combinations. counting each try would eliminate that (for anyone trying to get a high score)
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  blfr
  I like that it also handles words that aren't planned in. You get a nice "bonus word" popout.
• purple-leafy
  Cool game! Well that’s a sign I need to launch my word game this week if any
• urostrstenjak
  Interesting game! Is this an original idea? Is there plan to add "endless" number of zanagrams?
• moomin
  Feels very like Squaredle.
• mateenah
  pretty cool. how are you deciding or generating puzzles ?
• msla
  There are a couple of games like this on Android I play:https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.vayunmathur.gam...https://github.com/plhosk/wordtracerThey're both on FDroid
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