Show HN: Zanagrams
Zanagrams is a word game where players rearrange daily letter grids to form hidden phrases. It offers a fresh twist on anagrams with new puzzles each day.
Background
- Zanagrams is a daily word game by Jacob H. (made with Cursor/Claude Sonnet), posted on Hacker News as "Show HN" — a section where makers share side projects for feedback.
- The game gives you a base word and a theme; you rearrange letters to form new words (anagrams) that fit the theme; it's like Wordle meets Scrabble with a creative twist.
- Hacker News (HN) is a tech/startup forum by Y Combinator; a "Show HN" post often determines a tiny project's early traction.
- This matters because it represents the current wave of AI-assisted solo developers: one person used an LLM coding tool (Claude Sonnet via Cursor) to build and launch a polished product quickly, a pattern that is reshaping indie software creation.