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Show HN: Strikethrough – a daily puzzle where you make words by deleting letters (boondoggle.studio)
6 points by DJSnackySnack 2 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
Hi HN - I’m a copywriter by trade who loves word games. A while back I wondered: what if you flipped the idea of Scrabble on its head? Instead of building words, start with a long one and carve away letters to find the smaller words hidden inside. I made a quick prototype, then my brother helped turn it into a real game.

Play Strikethrough: https://puzzle-brothers.boondoggle.studio/puzzles/strikethro...

How it works

- You get a seed word (e.g., LONGBOARD). - Delete letters from it to make valid words: LONG, BOARD, LORD, BARD, etc. - Find 10 words to beat the day’s puzzle, or be a completionist and find them all. - New puzzle daily. No sign-up required.

I’d love to know what you all think!





Excellent. I perhaps missed an instruction but it took me a while to figure out that the words don't have to be sequential. Once I realised, much happiness ensued. Bookmarked Thank you

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

It does not detect words with only two letters, like IT or IS. You may say that in the tutorial.



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