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Word games
Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 20 years (2007–2026), in 9 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Word games, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 13 complaints
- Couldn't find the go button; it was hidden as part of the on-screen keyboard2026-07-16
- Some valid words don't register, with no explanation of why2025-12-17
- Unclear what the mystery word is for, and input box hidden behind found-words panel2025-05-23
- Unclear how to delete a single letter because the button clears the whole word2025-04-06
- Confused by no first-time instructions and distracting row icons2025-04-06
- Misclicking a selected letter deselects it and forces re-selecting the rest2025-04-06
- Timer starts before the player understands the game2025-04-06
- Spent seconds trying to click a box to place the cursor2025-04-05
- Letters shift around during play, which is frustrating and confusing2022-11-03
- Puzzles use non-dictionary abbreviations, forcing trial and error instead of solving2020-02-26
- Dragging starts on first letter but a later letter gets highlighted, feels laggy2012-04-13
- Shuffle button sits too close to tiles, so users accidentally press shuffle instead of submit2011-07-31
- Clicking a crossing letter highlights the wrong word with no way to switch2007-06-26