games

I made a weird third guess due to coffee deficiency.

9 board tic tac toe is a tic tac toe variant played on 9, 3x3 tic tac toe boards, arranged in a 3x3 pattern:

NYT Wordlebot claimed I had two choices after my 3rd guess. Let’s see if it’s correct.

I was curious about whether the “hint” that you get with an official Cryptoquip makes any difference.

I was also curious about how hard it is to construct a decent Cryptoquip.

Previous Cryptoquip Post

Cryptoquip Solver Github Repo

I wrote a Cryptoquip solver.

My big contribution here is using the “shape” of the words to narrow the choice of clear text letters.

I wrote a program to help solve Jumble word puzzles.

I’m a little happier with my wordle-solving regular expression today.

I heartily endorse Wordle as a word game.

I didn’t do great on Sunday, August 28 2022 Wordle:

Squava (or here) is a tic-tac-toe variant.

Comparison of algorithmic players

Algorithmic players Elo ratings