@eriner to GamesEnglish • 11 months agoQuizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions?quizzle.gameexternal-linkmessage-square119arrow-up1238arrow-down119file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@JamesNZlinkEnglish3•11 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-square@erinerOPlinkEnglish5•11 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-square@JamesNZlinkEnglish2•11 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•11 months agoIf it doesn’t know, you should get another question.
minus-square@alxjsnlinkEnglish2•11 months agoThat’s already the behavior. Those don’t count as tries.
minus-square@CoggyMcFeelinkEnglish-1•11 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.