Wrong Answers Only

Wondering what that word you just heard means? You're in the wrong place. (You can look up the word if you want to, this is just more fun.)

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Inspiration

My friend and I frequently encounter weird things, we ask each other first, usually before even going to Google. We aren't always wrong, but we are enough for it to be funny. I wanted to build something easy enough to do on my own, start experimenting with APIs and refresh myself on parsing JSON data, work on something that I could make look (relatively) nice, and create something that I could send her later so we can laugh about it.

What it does

In its default mode, Wrong Answers Only uses the Datamuse API to find related words to the one that the user searches. In the info menu, the user is given the opportunity to customize the amount of randomness they want in the definitions they receive. This can range from words tangentially related, to words that rhyme, all the way up to an absolutely random word at the highest level. In its Wrong Answers Sometimes mode, the app functions more as a regular dictionary app.

How we built it

Built sort of on the fly in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with minimal planning. I'd planned on doing a Twitter bot, which didn't work out. Then it was initially built as a regularly functioning dictionary. 3 am hit and I realized this was a lot funnier.

Challenges we ran into

Initially I'd planned to make some kind of Twitter bot that users could interact with in an interesting way. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to access the Twitter API and had to immediately pivot to something else. The stressful part was just having to come up with something else on the fly.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It works almost exactly as I planned on, which almost never happens.

What we learned

I wish I'd spent my time brainstorming a little more efficiently/in a more organized way so I could get better use out of my time and hit the ground running on the programming part of the project. I would have liked to try to tackle my original idea, but I'm still okay with what I came up with.

What's next for Wrong Answers Only

I'd like to at least get around to making Wrong Answers Only mobile responsive. I'm also interested in implementing a few more intermediate levels of randomness to give it a bit more structure. Currently, I don't have any concrete plans beyond that, but who know, maybe one day I'll actually get around to making a Twitter bot out of it.

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