React Wordle

This is a clone project of the popular word guessing game we all know and love. Made using React, Typescript, and Tailwind.

Try out the demo!

Build and run

To Run Locally:

Clone the repository and perform the following command line actions:

$> cd react-wordle
$> npm install
$> npm run start

To build/run docker container:

Development

$> docker compose up

or

$> docker build -t reactle:dev -f docker/Dockerfile .
$> docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name reactle-dev reactle:dev

Open http://localhost:3000 in browser. Please follow this tutorial for a complete discussion on building a Docker image for Reactle.

Production

$> docker build --target=prod -t reactle:prod -f docker/Dockerfile .
$> docker run -d -p 80:8080  --name reactle-prod reactle:prod

Open http://localhost in browser. See the entry in the FAQ below about requirements for sharing of results.

FAQ

How can I change the length of a guess?

The default configuration is for solutions and guesses of length five, but it is flexible enough to handle other lengths, even variable lengths each day.

To configure for a different constant length:

• Update the WORDS array in src/constants/wordlist.ts to include only words of the new length.
• Update the VALID_GUESSES array in src/constants/validGuesses.ts to include only words of the new length.

To configure for variable lengths:

• Update the WORDS array in src/constants/wordlist.ts to include words of any of the variable lengths desired.
• Update the VALID_GUESSES array in src/constants/validGuesses.ts to include words of any of the variable lengths desired.

Note that guesses are validated against both the length of the solution, and presence in VALID_GUESSES.

How can I create a version in another language?

• In .env:
  • Update the title and the description
  • Set the REACT_APP_LOCALE_STRING to your locale
• In public/index.html:
  • Update the "You need to enable JavaScript" message
  • Update the language attribute in the HTML tag
  • If the language is written right-to-left, add dir="rtl" to the HTML tag
• Update the name and short name in public/manifest.json
• Update the strings in src/constants/strings.ts
• Add all of the five letter words in the language to src/constants/validGuesses.ts, replacing the English words
• Add a list of goal words in the language to src/constants/wordlist.ts, replacing the English words
• Update the "Settings" modal in src/components/modals/SettingsModal.tsx
• Update the "Info" modal in src/components/modals/InfoModal.tsx
• Update the "DatePicker" modal in src/components/modals/DatePickerModal.tsx
• Update the statistics migration components modal in:
  • src/components/stats/MigrationIntro.tsx
  • src/components/stats/EmigratePanel.tsx
  • src/components/stats/ImmigratePanel.tsx
  • src/components/modals/MigrateStatsModal.tsx
• To ensure that migration codes are unique to your application, update the Blowfish encryption key and initialization vector with random 30 character and 8 character strings in src/constants/settings.ts
• If the language has letters that are not present in English update the keyboard in src/components/keyboard/Keyboard.tsx
• If the language is written right-to-left, prepend \u202E (the unicode right-to-left override character) to the return statement of the inner function in generateEmojiGrid in src/lib/share.ts
• To enable replaying past days' games, set ENABLE_ARCHIVED_GAMES to true
• Set DATE_LOCALE to a suitable locale string as defined in date-fns.

How can I add usage tracking?

This repository includes support for Google Analytics or Plausible Analytics, but, by default, this is disabled.

To enable Google Analytics:

• Create a Google Analytics 4 property and obtain the measurement ID (of the format G-XXXXXXXXXX)
• In .env, add REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MEASUREMENT_ID=G-XXXXXXXXXX

Keep in mind that your region might have legislation about obtaining a user's consent before enabling trackers. This is up to downstream repos to implement.

To enable Plausible Analytics:

• Create a new website with Plausible Analytics with a given domain, e.g. example.app
• In .env, add REACT_APP_PLAUSIBLE_DOMAIN=example.app

Why does sharing of results not work?

For mobile and wearable devices and smart TVs, sharing of results is initially attempted using the Web Share API. For other devices or when sharing to the Web Share API fails, the results are written to the clipboard. Both these methods will succeed only in a secure context, which require you to implement the HTTPS protocol when hosting this repo on a public domain.

Projects built using this repo

Other languages

• Arwordle: Arabic
• BerSüz: Tatar
• Boludle: Argentinian
• Gerdle: Cornish (Kernowek)
• Ijambo: Kirundi (spoken in Burundi)
• Jwordle: Japanese
• Katadel: Jawi (Malay Arabic script)
• Keclap: Sundanese
• Kelmaly: Arabic
• Kerdle: Cornish/Kernewek (Standard Written Form)
• Labzle: Balochi
• Latindictionary.io: Latin
• Lexoula: Ελληνικά (Greek)
• Malay: Bahasa Malaysia
• Mondle: Mongolian
• Parig: Western Armenian
• Parolette: Italian
• Parolle.it: Italian
• Pashtoodle: Pashto
• Persian: Persian (Farsi)
• Pinoledle: Nicaraguan
• Pinyin: Pinyin (romanization system for Mandarin Chinese)
• Rudle: Russian
• Sindhal: Sindhi
• Szózat: Hungarian
• So'zzana: O'zbek (Lotin)
• Tatar: Tatar (Turkic Language)
• Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle): Taigi (Taiwanese)
• Tlembung: Javanese
• Tugma: Hiligaynon (spoken in the Philippines)
• Ukrainian: Ukrainian
• Urdle: Urdu
• Vārdulis: Latvian
• Wokle: Bininj Kunwok
• Word-leh!: Singlish
• Wordle (BOS): Bosnian
• Wordle (Spanish): Spanish/Espanol
• Wordle-RO: Romanian
• Wortel: Afrikaans
• Wörtchen: German
• SGWordle: Swiss German
• kelma.mt: Maltese
• Žodelė: Lithuanian
• Слівце: Ukrainian
• ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: Punjabi
• 字知之明: Traditional Chinese
• 꼬들 - 한국어: Korean
• 한글 풀어쓰기 5자: Korean
• ไทย: Thai
• சொல்லாடல்: Tamil

Fun themes

• Airportle: Airport Codes
• Alterdle: Fully customisable, users can change the number of words to guess and the word length
• Anidal: Animals
• Birdle - Emojis: Bird emojis
• Birdle: Birds
• Bluedle: Bluey based Wordle
• Buildly: Construction themed
• Canuckle: Canadian themed Wordle
• Crosswordle: Crossword mashup
• DALL-e-dle: Provides a DALL-E generated image of the word as a clue
• Discwordle: Terry Pratchett's Discworld
• Dundle: The Office
• FFXIVrdle: Final Fantasy XIV
• Harderdl: For those who find Wordle too easy (might need pen and paper to solve)
• Harry Potter: Harry Potter
• JoJodle: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
• Mahjong Handle: Mahjong Hands
• Filmle: Movie titles
• Fletcherdle: American singer-songwriter FLETCHER
• Foodle: Food themed Wordle
• Lyricle: Lyrics
• Midnightle: Taylor Swift's Midnights album
• Movie Wordle: Bollywood
• Murdle: Spooky hangman mashup
• Octordle Unlimited: Octordle Unlimited
• Pawnle: Parks and Recreation
• Poker Handle: Poker
• Poker Handle 2: Poker
• Polygonle: Wordle with a shape-based clue for each character
• Quettale: Quenya, Elven language in LOTR
• Radiole: Radio-themed (for World Radio Day)
• RareWordle: Word guessing with multiple simultaneous solutions of varying "values", all created from the same letters. The goal is to find the most obscure solution. It is inspired by the TV game show Pointless.
• Reverdle: Wordle but in reverse, that is one has to make as many guesses possible which do not have any green letter (i.e. a letter in the correct location compared to the hidden solution).
• Spotle: Wordle with an extra block, the incognito block
• Squirdle: Pokeman
• Tacticle: Chess puzzles
• Taylordle: Taylor Swift
• Trekle: Star Trek
• Turdle: Make the turtle jump!
• Weedel: Video game characters
• Wordle.cl: Chilean modisms, cities, places
• Wordle Unlimited: Wordle Unlimited
• Wrdl: Words that are 5 letters long after getting rid of their vowels
• WROUD: W R O U D is a simple word game that challenges people to find a six-letter word in 3 guesses from a cloud of letters.
• 香港麻雀 糊 dle: Mahjong hands under Hong Kong rules

Fun themes in other languages

• German Harry Potter Wordle
• Spotle: Spotle, but in Portuguese

Math, Acronyms, Science, Tech, and more

• AI-powered: Includes an AI component
• Cloudle: Cloud technology
• Colordle: Guess the hexadecimal color code of the background
• Genele: Gene symbols
• Jazle: Javascript
• Mathler: Find the solution that equals X
• Morsel: Morse
• Numble: Maths
• Opsle: Ops
• Passwordle: Passwords
• Perfdle: Performance Testers and Engineers, DevOps, and Observability
• Primel: Prime numbers
• Qwordle: Quantum version of Wordle (uses entangled word-pairs)
• Quantle: Another quantum variant where guesses are quantum equations
• Rundle: Like wordle, but only last three guesses are considered.
• Stockle: Guess the stock or ETF
• Syscordle: SYSCALL
• UNLOCOdle: UNLOCODEs
• Visionle: Guess the label of randomly chosen image from ImageNet/ImageNet-Sketch dataset (Machine learning)
• Zip-zap-bam!: Word ladder game.
• 0xdle: Hexadecimal

Want to add one to the list? Please make a pull request.