Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle

Re:Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle by mahin on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:45AM (#30220483)

Definitely. Would tapping a selected letter deselect it? I thought it might be a bit confusing if you deselect a letter that's not the latest one. Maybe a 'Clear' button would help.

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Re:Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle by montroser on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:24AM (#30220741)

I think a 'Delete' button which would delete the latest in order. So tapping the letters would act like typing on a keyboard, and 'Delete' would like Backspace.

NYT Spelling Bee works like this and it's a pretty similar interface.

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Re:Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle by smeej on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:31AM (#30222025)

You just need a 4th row with a back button to delete, a refresh button to reset, and an OK or check button to submit.

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Re:Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle by huhtenberg on Saturday February 05, 2022 @09:42AM (#30221478)

No need for deselecting. Just add Undo and Reset buttons and that'll do it nicely.

For a minimalist version of the same, add just the Undo button and do a full board reset on long-press.

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Re:Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle by flazor on Saturday February 05, 2022 @09:37AM (#30221421)

I’d say tapping an unused letter would disable it and grey it out. Then have a backspace button to remove latest letter, re-enabling it in the grid.

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