It's a lot like Wordle, but... mean

What it is

My attempt at recreating the experience of 😈 Evil Wordle 😈 as a project in Python.

Goal of the program

1. Take a random guess
2. Evaluate guess against all 5 letter words for what pattern has the most possible results
3. Inform user of how many words remain
4. Keep them guessing as long as possible

To Do, Program

• Identify issues in check_permutations, see function for details
• Idenfity issues in leaving guesses in available words for 1 loop too long
• Initial release! 🎇
• Add ability to give up 😖
• Show letters guessed but not included 📃
• Optimize guess evaluation time ⌛
• Deploy as webpage, see Flask to do list below
• (Optional) Add ability to play against other lengths of words 📏
• (Optional) Find more complete list of words 📕

To Do, Flask

• Add Flask support
• Instanced playthrough
• Solve caching issues
• Deploy online
• (Optional) Generate GUI for playthrough?

Resources utilized

1. Primary Word List - Instructables
2. Secondary Word List - swag