Yes, that is exactly right, and a nice way of putting it! I think the only reason we hesitated to state it that way is that the first row (the starter letters) is not a "word", but maybe that's ok!

I’ve been fairly obsessed with the New York Times crossword puzzle ever since I saw the documentary Wordplay about 12 years ago. I started with Mondays and gradually made my way up to Saturdays, and when I began to appreciate the puzzles as aesthetic objects worthy of appreciation and criticism (rather than just a slog to survive and then brag about), I began to wonder what it would be like to create puzzles. But making full crossword puzzles was always very daunting to me.

Luckily, my partner got an idea for a new word game while on vacation in Italy over-caffeinated on espresso, and boom! Triplit was born.

We feel that after the smashing success of Wordle, the time is ripe for a new quick daily word game. To us, Triplit combines the playful, at times cryptic clueing of crosswords with the mental manipulation of Spelling Bee and the feedback and scoring system of Wordle. It also introduces the concept of random clue order, so unlike a crossword you don’t know which clue applies to which answer. And Triplit also has multiple difficulty level settings to make it fun for a variety of players.

It has been so fun to build and iterate on! We have more features and improvements planned. We hope you enjoy playing, and would love to hear your feedback. And yes, we know there is a Triplit database, and we mean no disrespect to them :)

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