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Show HN: Totle, daily math puzzle game; Saturday puzzles have the fewest answers

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My oldest two kids are off to college and since leaving we've been playing the Wordle and 'sharing' our solutions with each other. It's been a fun way to stay connected with them, and it's become a bit of a challenge to see if we can beat each other's solutions. This got me thinking about other ways I could connect with them. The thing about the Wordle is that it doesn't take a large commitment of time, you can just pull it out when you've a few spare minutes. So I set out to build a game that would borrow from many of the themes that keep pulling us back to Wordle. What I created is called Tōtle which fits another one of our (okay my) favorite things; Dad jokes and puns (as it’s pronounced total).Here's how it works. You get five different numbers from a number pool 1 to 20, and a target from the remaining pool. Combine two at a time with + − × ÷, using all five numbers, every result a positive whole number, each puzzle always takes 4 moves. You get 3 rounds and 4 undos per round; a medal for fewest moves (perfect 4 = crown). There's a spoiler-free share card, like Wordle’s grid.The combinatorics math works out like this: C(20,5) (that's choose 5 from 20) × 15 possible target…

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