Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in English

Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by NoboruWataya on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:41AM (#41365834)

The leader is "no", which seems odd. The second one is "trna", which is apparently "a type of RNA that helps in the translation of messenger RNA into proteins by carrying specific amino acids to the ribosome". Is that even a word? Like, do people pronounce it "turna" or something?

(Fun game though)

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Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by ArisC on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:33AM (#41366047)

I think someone hacked my sql table :(

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Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by elpocko on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:08AM (#41365940)

Ranking is manipulated, I just saw "incompetent" quite high up. Now it's gone.

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Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by Xylakant on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:21AM (#41365996)

The ranking is quite close at the mid-high ranks. There's 4 points of difference between rank 27 and 100 - high fluctuation without manipulation is entirely expected.

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Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by elpocko on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:25AM (#41366013)

Nope, it's manipulated (or broken). Entries gaining hundreds of points, then losing them again in an instant. Just watch for a few minutes, it's a shit show.

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Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by ArisC on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:44PM (#41372073)

Bit unkind mate. It's normal for ELO rankings to update by many points.

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Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in E... by H8crilA on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:04AM (#41365921)

Yeah the ranking looks completely busted. Unless people actually like those words.

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