Preface

What started as lark, is now a fully featured 5-letter word puzzle for the terminal. This project is written entirely in Python3 using the Python standard libray.

Installation

Everything is the Python Standard Library, so there are no packages to install. Developed in python 3.10.2, but made to be backwards cooperative. Works and tested in Terminal on OSX; git-bash, cmd, and PowerShell in Windows.

Install Git

https://git-scm.com/downloads

Make sure to install gitbash it you are on Windows.

Install Python

https://www.python.org/downloads/

From gitbash or a terminal

Clone this Repository (https://github.com/chw3k5/Wordler)

git clone https://github.com/chw3k5/Wordler

change directory to where the code located

cd Wordler/wordler

Using play.py

commands from the terminal

python play.py

or

python3 play.py

More options for play.py

To see the (ongoing) options for play.py use:

python play.py --help

When new options are added, this help command is updated.

More Python Help

If you wonder where python is installed use:

which python

If you wonder what version of Python you are using, needs to be Python3:

python --version

Using helper() in narrow.py

This program gives you hints about remaining, ranked words based on results that you get from the Wordle game.

It is simple to run and works out-of-the-box.

commands from the terminal

python narrow.py

or

python3 narrow.py

Updating

No promises, but you can always check for updates with

git pull

when in the Wordler directory.

Manifesto

It is no fun to be dyslexic while Wordle continues to dominate casual conversation. If only there was some way to both feel superior and ruin it for everyone else...This system can be used to very quickly find the best guesses and optimal path to a solution. All joking aside, this was a fun problem to solve and in solving it, I was shown how clever this type of puzzle can be.

Is this cheating?

Using this system is cheating only if you acknowledge that having an extra circuit in your brain to easily parse words and recognize letter ordering is also cheating.

If that is not enough for you, then think of it as a simulation to help you test and hone your Wordle skills. Because all modern chess is informed by simulation, and Wordle is completely equivalent to chess, right?

The code will also create a shareable output, to make sure all of your Twitter/group chat/familial friends know how great you are.