Wordel

About

Wordle is a web-based word game created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, in which players get six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with colored tiles indicating correct letters and their placement; a single puzzle is released daily for all players, and the game was inspired by Mastermind. Wordel is an Emacs package that brings Wordle (also known as Lingo)-style word-guessing gameplay into Emacs, installable via Elpaca, straight.el, or package.el (via MELPA) and launched with M-x wordel or M-x wordel-marathon for repeated play.

How it differs from the original

Unlike Wordle's single daily puzzle, Wordel adds a 'marathon' mode via M-x wordel-marathon for repeated rounds of play.

Getting started

Install via a package manager such as Elpaca, straight.el, or package.el/MELPA, then run M-x wordel for standard play or M-x wordel-marathon for repeated rounds; players using Evil mode need to set the package's modes to start in insert mode.

Additional notes

Customization

Additional word lists can be added as plain text files, one word per line, under the package's configured words directory.