Hi Airtable Community 👋,
I’m exploring how constraint-based logic games like Letter Boxed answers (from The New York Times) can inspire better product and workflow designs especially for knowledge work and team habits.
One idea I’m playing with is an Airtable base that models Letter Boxed mechanics to:
• Track word sequences where each new entry must start with the previous word’s last character
• Automatically validate whether entries follow the constraints
• Score progress, trends, and “streaks” over time
• Enable different rule sets (daily challenge, team competitions, word limits)
I’ve started a base with:
✅ Tables for Word Entries
✅ Automations to check validation logic
✅ Views for Daily Challenges vs All Time
✅ Blocks/Scripts for scoring
But I’m running into these questions:
🔹 Best way to validate entry sequences automatically?
🔹 Should I use Scripting Block, Automations, or both?
🔹 What’s a clean schema for tracking constraint violations & user history?
🔹 Any template ideas for extending this beyond games — like creative prompts, vocab builders, or team learning challenges?
Curious to hear:
✨ How others would structure this in Airtable
✨ If anyone built constraint-based workflows before
✨ Tips for automating rule enforcement in Airtable
Happy to share what I’ve built so far and collaborate on improvements!