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It did not register "SIR" as a word.

The sliders were "TQSF", "KWRI", "RNIV". I found FIN, FIR, SIN, TIN. It rejected SIR.

It was probably looking for "SKI". I think it could benefit from having two dictionaries - one with common words to draw answers from and one with _everything_ to exclude possibilities. (So, generate sliders which allow for `n` words to be created from the small dictionary but zero additional words from the large dictionary.)

Hi. I worked quite a lot on the dictionary part when designing the game. What I came up with was to only use common nouns, like "river," verbs, like "dance," or adjectives, like "bright." Also all words are in their base or dictionary forms, like "happy" instead of "happier".

I am saying I thought this was a "make 5 valid words" game, and not a "guess a specific set of 5 words" game.

This ambiguity could have been avoided if the solutions were unique.

You are right. Thanks for the feedback.

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