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Re:Show HN: Vowl daily word guessing game by asvitkine on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:58PM (#38812920)
When you guess a vowel that's repeated in the answer, it counts all the occurrences.
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Re:Show HN: Vowl daily word guessing game by Kiro on Saturday December 30, 2023 @05:40AM (#38814192)
That makes no sense. Can someone please just tell me the word?
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Re:Show HN: Vowl daily word guessing game by stevage on Saturday December 30, 2023 @06:52AM (#38814540)
It does make sense. It's just counter intuitive and not the way most puzzle games work.

It makes it quite hard. I'm not sure if it's a good hard or a bad hard yet.

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Re:Show HN: Vowl daily word guessing game by matryer on Saturday December 30, 2023 @12:59PM (#38817149)
I think you're right - I've updated the rules - give it a go and let me know. Thanks for the feedback.
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Re:Show HN: Vowl daily word guessing game by swores on Saturday December 30, 2023 @05:46AM (#38814224)
Answer to the first one, written on pastebin to avoid anyone seeing it as a spoiler:

https://pastebin.com/A7RQjNdd

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