I really like Tumblers! I've played several in the archve already. Thanks for sharing! I can't really understnd unzip, but I think that's just my adhd brain.
I really like Tumblers! I've played several in the archve already. Thanks for sharing!
I can't really understnd unzip, but I think that's just my adhd brain.
I don't get the unzip either (well, I get it but that's too much effort for my brain), but I loved the tumblers! Didn't realize there's only one per day, but got it in 5 tries so I was kind of...
I don't get the unzip either (well, I get it but that's too much effort for my brain), but I loved the tumblers! Didn't realize there's only one per day, but got it in 5 tries so I was kind of proud of my first attempt. :D
There's a small "How to play" animation in the bottom right. Basically, there's five words all beginning with the same letter that have been fused together so each word is in the right order but...
There's a small "How to play" animation in the bottom right. Basically, there's five words all beginning with the same letter that have been fused together so each word is in the right order but has to be separated from the other four.
eg:
My brother and I always love word games, and though we live far apart we thought we'd try to make a couple of small challenges we can do daily and compete with each other. We've been enjoying them...
My brother and I always love word games, and though we live far apart we thought we'd try to make a couple of small challenges we can do daily and compete with each other. We've been enjoying them and I thought maybe some other people might too. Happy for any feedback about either game.
I figured out unzip! It's kind of like a big word scramble. Bit hard to use on mobile but in the end I understood that the letters on the "home bar" must be placed in that same position on each...
I figured out unzip! It's kind of like a big word scramble. Bit hard to use on mobile but in the end I understood that the letters on the "home bar" must be placed in that same position on each word line. The answers are in the order they're spelled, it's just that the bar at the top contains all the letters "zipped" together.
Yeah, we had a hard time making the mobile interface work for unzip. If you put your phone in landscape mode it sort of works, but I understand it's not the easiest. Glad you're enjoying the games :)
Yeah, we had a hard time making the mobile interface work for unzip. If you put your phone in landscape mode it sort of works, but I understand it's not the easiest. Glad you're enjoying the games :)
Oh, that's why I could barely make any words on the Unzip... I wasn't even seeing half of the letters! I don't see a better way to display the game board at the minute, but a hint to mobile users...
Oh, that's why I could barely make any words on the Unzip... I wasn't even seeing half of the letters!
I don't see a better way to display the game board at the minute, but a hint to mobile users to turn their screen (or scroll to the right) would be very helpful 🙂
I like tumblers a lot! Simple concept but it took me a while to understand higher vs lower than my last guess. I have to think of it like a big wheel of fortune going from A at the top to Z on the...
I like tumblers a lot! Simple concept but it took me a while to understand higher vs lower than my last guess. I have to think of it like a big wheel of fortune going from A at the top to Z on the bottom
Unzip I am somehow unable to come up with enough words that start with E today lol
oh nicely done! i've yet to solve any. i cant tink of any words that is O --> G other than ought =..= I cheated by using a word hippo word find but yeah. so hard!!
oh nicely done!
i've yet to solve any. i cant tink of any words that is O --> G other than ought =..=
I cheated by using a word hippo word find but yeah. so hard!!
I tried today's tumbler. Pure evil. Yesterday's is much easier! I got them both in the same amount of tries; the problem is that you can easily get into a position where you just don't have any...
I tried today's tumbler. Pure evil. Yesterday's is much easier!
I got them both in the same amount of tries; the problem is that you can easily get into a position where you just don't have any valid words you can fit into the current game state, so you can't make progress...
The game will still accept words that are out of scope for your current layout, so you can use guesses to narrow down, say, a single letter. Also I’m pretty proud of myself for getting today’s in...
The game will still accept words that are out of scope for your current layout, so you can use guesses to narrow down, say, a single letter.
Also I’m pretty proud of myself for getting today’s in 3! I opened with @Mikie’s starting word, and then my next guess was
Tumblers Spoiler: 2026-02-07
excel
which locked in some key information for me to get it right after that.
Those are both really fun. As some other folks have said, Tumblers is much easier than Unzipped. Are you planning on adding any QoL stuff to either interface? As much as I hate cookies it would be...
Those are both really fun. As some other folks have said, Tumblers is much easier than Unzipped. Are you planning on adding any QoL stuff to either interface? As much as I hate cookies it would be nice if it tracked your results going back through the archives.
I went so far as to make an actual script to calculate distance for a good "middle of the alphabet" word to start Tumblers with.
Fun games, although a bit hard for me, especially unzipped, maybe make different versions of unzipped with fewer words as an easy way to tweak difficulty? For tumblers, I think it would nice to...
Fun games, although a bit hard for me, especially unzipped, maybe make different versions of unzipped with fewer words as an easy way to tweak difficulty? For tumblers, I think it would nice to have the alphabet under the puzzle for convenience. I suspect many players have it open in another tab.
I really like Tumblers! I've played several in the archve already. Thanks for sharing!
I can't really understnd unzip, but I think that's just my adhd brain.
I don't get the unzip either (well, I get it but that's too much effort for my brain), but I loved the tumblers! Didn't realize there's only one per day, but got it in 5 tries so I was kind of proud of my first attempt. :D
There's a small "How to play" animation in the bottom right. Basically, there's five words all beginning with the same letter that have been fused together so each word is in the right order but has to be separated from the other four.
eg:
O R U T B I E T R
ORBIT
+
OUTER
My brother and I always love word games, and though we live far apart we thought we'd try to make a couple of small challenges we can do daily and compete with each other. We've been enjoying them and I thought maybe some other people might too. Happy for any feedback about either game.
I figured out unzip! It's kind of like a big word scramble. Bit hard to use on mobile but in the end I understood that the letters on the "home bar" must be placed in that same position on each word line. The answers are in the order they're spelled, it's just that the bar at the top contains all the letters "zipped" together.
Really clever OP!
Yeah, we had a hard time making the mobile interface work for unzip. If you put your phone in landscape mode it sort of works, but I understand it's not the easiest. Glad you're enjoying the games :)
Oh, that's why I could barely make any words on the Unzip... I wasn't even seeing half of the letters!
I don't see a better way to display the game board at the minute, but a hint to mobile users to turn their screen (or scroll to the right) would be very helpful 🙂
I got tumblers! I didn't get unzip, but I didn't have much time left on my lunch break; I'll try again later. Thanks for the puzzles!
I like tumblers a lot! Simple concept but it took me a while to understand higher vs lower than my last guess. I have to think of it like a big wheel of fortune going from A at the top to Z on the bottom
Unzip I am somehow unable to come up with enough words that start with E today lol
I'll try again tomorrow
These are great! Tumblers is a fun iteration on the Wordle format, while Unzip is fresh and quite challenging.
Thank you for sharing!
I solved unzipped!
I'm just proud of me
oh nicely done!
i've yet to solve any. i cant tink of any words that is O --> G other than ought =..=
I cheated by using a word hippo word find but yeah. so hard!!
I tried today's tumbler. Pure evil. Yesterday's is much easier!
I got them both in the same amount of tries; the problem is that you can easily get into a position where you just don't have any valid words you can fit into the current game state, so you can't make progress...
The game will still accept words that are out of scope for your current layout, so you can use guesses to narrow down, say, a single letter.
Also I’m pretty proud of myself for getting today’s in 3! I opened with @Mikie’s starting word, and then my next guess was
Tumblers Spoiler: 2026-02-07
excel
which locked in some key information for me to get it right after that.
Oh that's a very helpful second guess for sure.
Yeah I hadn't realized I could go out of range! So I just stared at it for a long time.
Those are both really fun. As some other folks have said, Tumblers is much easier than Unzipped. Are you planning on adding any QoL stuff to either interface? As much as I hate cookies it would be nice if it tracked your results going back through the archives.
I went so far as to make an actual script to calculate distance for a good "middle of the alphabet" word to start Tumblers with.
Spoiler
knollSo far my best is 3 turns.
Fun games, although a bit hard for me, especially unzipped, maybe make different versions of unzipped with fewer words as an easy way to tweak difficulty? For tumblers, I think it would nice to have the alphabet under the puzzle for convenience. I suspect many players have it open in another tab.