Is it cheating to look at a map? I got a very nearby country so I looked to see what was around it which shows the shape quite clearly. I guess as an educational tool, it’s still very good that way. I now know how those countries are geographically related, in an area I don’t know very well.
Like the Wordle, the only person who determines if it’s cheating is you. How you enjoy it is all up to you. There are settings to rotate or hide the map here, so we’re not all playing the same game anyway.
> the only person who determines if it’s cheating is you
This is something that is unequivocally true, yet I get mildly irritated/frustrated (is there a word for combination of these two?) when people use google or something to "get words".
> There are settings to rotate or hide the map here, so we’re not all playing the same game anyway.
Wordle has hard mode too. But in this case you see the map before given this option. And at least the rotation doesn't work for me.
I understand that feeling. The social aspect of the Wordle - sharing grids — creates an expectation of some social agreement on scores.
But I doubt HN could agree on what is good sporting wordling. Some of us like to guess with no sources save our minds; some of us wrote code to generate optimal strategies. And like, it’s super easy to just delete lines from the share button output, if you feel embarrassed. We all had fun with it differently, at different skill levels, which made it a special phenomenon.
If you compare with friends, tell em what tools you use. They can say you cheat, or you’re cheating yourself, but if you’re having fun and being honest, you’re playing it right.
> yet I get mildly irritated/frustrated (is there a word for combination of these two?)
