Show HN: Strikethrough – a daily puzzle where you make words by deleting letters
puzzle-brothers.boondoggle.studioHi 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!
It does not detect words with only two letters, like IT or IS. You may say that in the tutorial.
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!