Wordle50 is a clone of the popular game Wordle, implemented in C. The game prompts the user to guess a secret word of a specified length. The user has one more guess than the length of the word. After each guess, the game provides feedback on the guessed word.
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Run the program with a single command-line argument that specifies the length of the secret word. The length must be between 5 and 8, inclusive.
./wordle 5 -
The game will prompt you to input a guess. The guess must be a word of the specified length.
Input a 5-letter word: games -
After each guess, the game will print the guessed word with color-coded feedback:
- Green: The letter is in the correct position.
- Yellow: The letter is in the word but not in the correct position.
- Red: The letter is not in the word.
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The game continues until you guess the word correctly or you run out of guesses.
The game is implemented in the wordle.c file. The main function handles the game loop and uses several helper functions:
get_guess(int wordsize): Prompts the user for a guess of the correct length.check_word(string guess, int wordsize, int status[], string choice): Compares the guessed word to the secret word and assigns scores.print_word(string guess, int wordsize, int status[]): Prints the guessed word with color-coded feedback.
The secret word is selected pseudorandomly from a list of words stored in a text file. The list of words is loaded into an array at the start of the game.
This version of Wordle does not check if the guessed word is a real word. All guesses should be in lowercase characters.