{"id":7,"date":"2022-08-01T19:54:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zsoltr2.sg-host.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2022-08-10T19:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:48:42","slug":"upgrades-to-secretword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secretword.com\/blog\/upgrades-to-secretword\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting SecretWord’s intuitiveness with new metrics and graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In recent weeks, we’ve been improving the intuitiveness of our daily secret word game<\/a> by adjusting and rethinking the metrics and graphics that guide a particular hunt. Below, you can see before-and-after examples that illustrate our latest innovations…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New secret word game proximity metrics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We now use only one proximity scale to measure how distant (or near!) a particular guess is from the day’s secret word. On our scale, the secret word is #1, and everything else is ranked by its distance from #1… out to >100,000! We’ve also red-flagged guesses that occur in the top 1000 words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below, you can see the prior format, in which words were ranked on a proximity scale of -100 to +100, with 100 being the secret word. But that format, as designed in the original code behind SecretWord, includes a second “closeness” metric, in which the top 1000 words are ranked, with the top word being #1000… and flagged in green. Kinda confusing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New secret word game graph<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In parallel with the new proximity metrics, we’ve also changed how we display the progress of a particular hunt. First, we’ve using the logarithmic proximity scaling indicated above. Second, we’ve moved towards a uniform color scheme to reflect proximity with intensifying reds. The top graph is our current. The one below it is what we were using in early June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let us know what you think! Write team@secretword.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And check out our tips for playing SecretWord<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent weeks, we’ve been improving the intuitiveness of our daily secret word game by adjusting and rethinking the metrics and graphics that guide a particular hunt. Below, you can see before-and-after examples that illustrate our latest innovations… New secret word game proximity metrics We now use only one proximity scale to measure how distant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t