Orðavinda is a simple browser word game. Given a set of 6 letters, the player must use them to find as many valid words as possible before time runs out. In order to qualify to play the next round, the player must guess at least one of the 6 letter word combinations.
The game was the winning entry in Þú átt orðið, a 2009 contest of creating solutions using the Icelandic declension dictionary (BÍN). As such it is Icelandic-centric but can with minimal effort be made to work in other languages.
The game was completely redone in 2024 as the older version was very dated and did not work well on mobile phones. The original version is still available on a branch.
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Download and unzip the BÍN data. Specifically:
Storasnid_allt.zip -
Unzip and place the data into the scripts folder.
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Run
pnpm filterbinto produce a manageable filtered subset of the dictionary. -
Run
pnpm levelgenon the output to produce the levels. -
Open the game in your browser.