Ivraka

Freddio

Hi folks,

I implore you to try your hand (mind) at http://ivraka.com/ which is my revenge on Wordle

KR

Freddio

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058252244/ivraka

Site's not secure.

WTF is it anyway?

Freddio

Good evening Jim,

It's a maths puzzle.

It has an SSL cert and doesn't collect any identifiable information about anyone, so I'm not sure how more secure it can be.

Do give it a go....

Freddio

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268097#Comment_119268097

There's no instructions. All I see is 1. 2. 3. And then three blank boxes.

Freddio

Yes - you have to work them out

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268258#Comment_119268258

You'll have to do more than that. Work what out? Why 6 boxes with 3 already filled in? Is it an equation or a number? Is there an indication of what entries are right in wrong box or right in right box or just wrong? Nerdle it certainly isn't.

An example wouldn't kill you.

Freddio

Exactly - Its not Wordle or Nerdle - Its Ivraka

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268275#Comment_119268275

Forget it. This is a wind-up.

Freddio

It really isn't Jim.

29 People have worked it out with no hints so far and when 100 people work it out, a new one starts.

Sigma101

Make that 30

@gameofivraka #ivraka_1 - correct answer 30

@Freddio You should consider a new puzzle every day. I'll have forgotten about this by the time 100 people solve it

Freddio

Thanks @Sigma101,

A few people have suggested that. I was hoping it would ramp up quickly enough that there would be many hundreds in a day and then automatically it would be one new one every day.

I have just posted #2 while I work the logistics out

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_2 - correct answer 1

Freddio, I think your sequence is way too short to establish a pattern. There are too many possibilities to solve it. I only got the answer because I found a question on Quora with the same numbers. In that question the clue was 6 numbers long, not 3. The solution relates to patterns across pairs of numbers, but you only give one complete pair so a pattern cant be established.

Freddio

Ahh Sigma101!

That's cheating, but I think you can see how it is taking shape. Some of the puzzles will be cryptic, some will be logical and some will be numeric. You have 5 attempts per day but it's not like Wordle where it keeps hinting. Once you become familiar with the angles Ivraka is coming from, I hope it will become infectious.

Freddio

Also I'm not sure if the pattern Quora reports is the one in #ivraka_2 if your solution is predicated on pairs?

Sigma101

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119271069#Comment_119271069

You're right, I cheated this time. I was wrong about the pairs bit but now know what the pattern is. I'll have another go tomorrow - hopefully without cheating!

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_4 - correct answer 2

I'm finding this very difficult so far. I'm kicking myself that I couldn't figure out yesterday's.

Btw - big improvement giving the solution to the previous day's puzzle.

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_6 - correct answer 2

Easy one today

Freddio

Thanks Sigma101,

I think it's going to be more interesting to maths hackers than New York Times readers. It will exercise the brain more...

Freddio

I'm going to start publishing extra hints on the associated twitter (especially for the harder ones)

https://twitter.com/gameofivraka

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_8 - correct answer 1

Straightforward sequence today- got it after a couple of turns. I had no chance with yesterday's - I'd never heard of Pascal's triangle!

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_9 - correct answer 2

Badly Drunk Boy

Top 10 correct answer

Sigma101

There was an issue with yesterday's ivraka #10. The sequence was 1, 3, 5. The answer given today for the sequence is "prime numbers". But 1 is not prime, 2 is prime. The start sequence should have been 2, 3, 5 perhaps?

Freddio

I will put my hand up on that one. There is some debate as to whether 1 is a prime number as the definition of one is a number divisible only by one and itself. Notwithstanding, two should have been in there but I think I was trying to steer away from another 1,2,3 and got lost in thought.

I see no one is getting today's one so I will clarify that it is continuing on from yesterday's Roman theme.

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_23 - correct answer 1

Freddio

Well Done !!

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_24 - correct answer 1

The hint gave it away

Freddio

I know - It wasn't really one I could get cryptic with

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_25 - correct answer 3

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_26 - correct answer 1

Easy one today

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_27 - correct answer 1

Freddio

I can see this daily puzzle is no threat to the NYT Wordle, but I do salute the core following who are doing them every day and mostly solving them...

Freddio

Apologies - I let it go for a week, but theres a few week's of new Ivrakas loaded onto the app now.

enjoy...

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_46 - correct answer 1

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_47 - correct answer 1

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_49 - correct answer 1

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_50 - correct answer 1

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_51 - correct answer 2

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_52 - correct answer 1

Sigma101

@gameofivraka #ivraka_56 - correct answer 2

Sigma101

ivraka.com

@gameofivraka #ivraka_60 - correct answer 2

I wrote a little program to solve today's puzzle - slow day!

Freddio

I would be intrigued to see the code

Sigma101

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119562029#Comment_119562029

It's just a simple couple of lines of code to find prime numbers. I'm not sure putting code up here is allowed. I'll pm it to you.

Sigma101

ivraka.com

@gameofivraka #ivraka_61 - correct answer 1

Freddio

Thanks for that Sigma, I had envisaged people incorporating coding a bit with these. I wonder are there AI libraries out there that would just make this puzzle redundant. Maybe the CIA, the Chinese and the Russians would but they wouldn't be bothered here

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119563525#Comment_119563525

Sigma101

ivraka.com

@gameofivraka #ivraka_63 - correct answer 2