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– Different people (browsers) get different randomizations, which can make a difference in difficulty. It would be better for it to be deterministic (including the shuffles), with regard to "Challenge a friend".

– Shuffling should cause a penalty, like reducing the remaining time by one second.

– There is an easy way to cheat the timer by closing the tab and reopening it after finding the solution (on browsers that save the state of closed tabs). This could be avoided by basing the timer on absolute time.

– The keyboard interface is great.

– For some reason, I found today's words much less difficult than yesterday's. :)



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