Hexalexagons, a daily word game on a hexagonal grid
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Breakout launch
Beat 97% of Show HN launches that day
#4 of 148 on Nov 13
#1 of 7 Games & Entertainment launches on Show HN on Nov 13. 3.8% of Games & Entertainment launches (2 of 52) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Games & Entertainment →
points · since listing → Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 20, 15:03 UTC).
comments · buzz +10 in latest interval
listed Nov 13, 15:03 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 18points
- Comments
- 10
- Rank in GAME this week
- #3of 55 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #40of 1,043 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 3.8%2/52 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 18Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 18Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 19h
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Top on Nov 13 · 148 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Isometric SFA pixel-art map of the SF Bay Area210 points
- #2Live map of U.S. flights during tonight's FAA nationwide ground stop143 points
- #3ReflotaOpen-source data recovery for NTFS/FAT disks with phased copy30 points
- #5PharmA2A, an open protocol for pharmacy-to-supplier orders on A2A14 points
- #6I built a Rick and Morty explainer video generator12 points
More in Games & Entertainment · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Ghanaian street games you can play in the browser116 points▲ +1
- Fable52.gamesPlay and inspect Fable 5.2 single-file HTML games72 points▲ +4
- My daily word puzzle Jointter revisited9 points0
- Jigwise, free jigsaw puzzles in the browser8 points0
- Totle, daily math puzzle game; Saturday puzzles have the fewest answers7 points0
Grades · each graded against other Games & Entertainment launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Listed in the latest interval; no earlier reading to compare
Velocity
A0.97 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 96% · vs 247 Games & Entertainment · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—5.6 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (19; need 20)
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #4 of 148 Show HN launches on 2026-11-13
- #2Live map of U.S. flights during tonight's FAA nationwide ground stop143 points
- #3Reflota30 points
- #4Hexalexagons, a daily word game on a hexagonal grid18 points
- #5PharmA2A, an open protocol for pharmacy-to-supplier orders on A2A14 points
- #6I built a Rick and Morty explainer video generator12 points
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