/wordleGame

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Word Game

Recreation of a popular online word game, Wordle:

Demo showing the finished product, our Wordle clone

In Wordle, users have 6 attempts to guess a 5-letter word. You're helped along the way by ruling out letters that aren't in the word, and being told whether the correct letters are in the correct location or not.

winning and losing

The user wins the game when their guessed word is identical to the answer. They lose the game if they submit 6 guesses without winning.

Screenshot of a won game, showing a green success banner

Screenshot of a won game, showing a red failure banner

Working on Visual Keyboard

In the real Wordle game, a keyboard is shown below the guesses: This keyboard is an important game element, since it makes it easy to tell which letters have already been tested.

Set up guide

  1. Clone the repository.
  2. Run npm install to install the dependencies.
  3. Navigate to the project directory with cd project-wordle.
  4. Run npm run dev.
  5. The server will start at localhost:1234.