{"id":42,"date":"2021-05-31T04:15:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T04:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2021-05-31T04:15:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T04:15:42","slug":"introducing-griddr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/31\/introducing-griddr\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Griddr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over on CrossCord<\/a>, user NoahF had a fantastic idea for crossword construction: what if there were a Tinder-like interface for editing entries in your wordlist?\u00a0 An interface shows you a random word for your list and you edit its score by swiping, tapping, etc. User JayLow came up with the “Griddr” name for such a thing, and the idea sparked lots of interest and discussion.<\/p>\n

Well, we’re never ones to let a good idea go by, so we built a very bare-bones version of such a thing, which you can check out in action here<\/a>.\u00a0 Here’s what happens:<\/p>\n

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  1. You load your word list, which must be a text file where each line is of the form WORD;SCORE.\u00a0 Note that the word list is not uploaded to our servers, so your list is safe from prying eyes.<\/li>\n
  2. The interface will show you 100 random entries from your list in a stack.<\/li>\n
  3. You can swipe right on an entry to set its score to 80, or swipe left to set its score to 45.<\/li>\n
  4. You can save your list at any time by clicking the button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We’re excited about this and the interface is pretty slick, but as is, this is basically unusable.\u00a0 There’s no option to keep the score as is, there’s no possibility of customizing what you see or what the scores will be when you swipe.\u00a0 So … why are we releasing something clearly unfinished?\u00a0 Well, it’s because we want your help improving it!\u00a0 The code is available on our GitHub<\/a> and released under the MIT license.\u00a0 If you know any CSS or JavaScript and have ideas for improvements, please feel free to make a fork and a PR!\u00a0 We think this is a really cool idea and with a little input from the community, we can make a tool everyone can use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Over on CrossCord, user NoahF had a fantastic idea for crossword construction: what if there were a Tinder-like interface for editing entries in your wordlist?\u00a0 An interface shows you a random word for your list and you edit its score by swiping, tapping, etc. User JayLow came up with the “Griddr” name for such a…<\/p>\n

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