eriner@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoQuizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions?quizzle.gameexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: gaminggames@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareJamesNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoI asked if the word was a noun, and it gave me a “don’t know”. I asked if the word was an adjective, and also got a “don’t know”, so I gave up.
minus-squareeriner@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·8 months agoAsking about linguistic characteristics of the word is cheating in twenty questions! :) There’s a note about this at the end of the “How To” that’s linked on the front page.
minus-squareJamesNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoWhy would that be cheating?
minus-squareJamesNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoAlso maybe a prompt to this note when you fall foul of this rule would be better than a “I don’t know” amoji.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoIf it doesn’t know, you should get another question.
minus-squarealxjsn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThat’s already the behavior. Those don’t count as tries.
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoWell in this case the instructions specifically say to avoid those kinds of questions.
I asked if the word was a noun, and it gave me a “don’t know”. I asked if the word was an adjective, and also got a “don’t know”, so I gave up.
Asking about linguistic characteristics of the word is cheating in twenty questions! :) There’s a note about this at the end of the “How To” that’s linked on the front page.
Why would that be cheating?
Also maybe a prompt to this note when you fall foul of this rule would be better than a “I don’t know” amoji.
If it doesn’t know, you should get another question.
That’s already the behavior. Those don’t count as tries.
Well in this case the instructions specifically say to avoid those kinds of questions.