https://github.com/sdatko/dewordle
Shell script for assisting in solving the Wordle quiz.
https://github.com/sdatko/dewordle
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Shell script for assisting in solving the Wordle quiz.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sdatko/dewordle
- Owner: sdatko
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-03-27T10:50:56.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-03-27T10:53:40.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-04T05:25:37.245Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 4.88 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
dewordle
========
Shell script for assisting in solving the Wordle quiz [1].
It was created out of curiosity how such tool may look like.
No guarantees. It may either help or reduce satisfaction.
Use at your own risk ;-)
# Usage
```
Usage: ./dewordle.sh POSITIONS [ALPHABET [LETTERS]]
POSITIONS -- pattern of letters with positions we are sure
ALPHABET -- set of possible letters to check; default is: a-z
LETTERS -- confirmed letters, with unknown positions; default empty
NOTE: For POSITION, a regular expression is expected with dots (.)
representing any character; for first run just try: .....
NOTE: For ALPHABET, a negative set can be given, e.g. ^abc means
that none of letters a, b or c should be part of the string.
```
## Example
Find a word that has `o` as second letter and `l` as fourth letter,
containing letters `a` and `g` at some positions, but for sure
no `p`, `q` and `r` anywhere.
```
./dewordle.sh .o.l. ^pqr ag
```
## Using own dictionary
By default, the script looks for `~/.dewordle-words` file in system.
If this file is not present, it downloads the example file from [2].
Alternatively, one may use their own dictionary file. The expected
format should match standard Unix `words` file [3], i.e. one word
in each line.
Having the `wordlist` or `words` package installed, the following
symbolic link should work:
```
ln -s /usr/share/dict/words ~/.dewordle-words
```
# Acknowledgments
The example file URL [2] was taken from Wikipedia [3].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/
[2] https://users.cs.duke.edu/~ola/ap/linuxwords
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_(Unix)