Jointter

About Jointter

Two 7-letter words are hidden in today

In the maker’s words

Hello everyone. I’m a mathematician by training, and I love mathematical and logical puzzles and brain-teasers. Inspired by popular games like Sudoku and Wordle, I decided to come up with an engaging game of my own. As it turns out, that’s not so easy! I had a few ideas, but beyond the core mechanics, a game also needs to be interesting and easy to explain — after all, nobody (including me) wants to spend a long time reading through rules. Let’s start with the concept, which came to me quite spontaneously: what if we represented letters like the digits on a digital clock — using lines, with dots at the points where those lines intersect? For instance, the letter "E" would consist of four lines and six dots — three at the intersections and three at the ends of the lines. It turns out that every letter of the Latin alphabet can be represented this way (with a minor caveat) using three rows…

Where people found it

• Hacker NewsShow HN: Jointter – A daily word puzzle using dots and lines13 points19 comments11 hours ago