An unlimited-number-of-words command-line-utility version of the word game “Wordle” is exactly what is needed to live a fulfilling life in the modern era. See below for the extremely user-unfriendly process of running this script in a terminal window!

Background:

In early 2022, the word-guessing game “Wordle” had a moment in the spotlight as an Internet sensation.

In this game, a player attempts to guess a 5-letter word in as few tries as possible. Each guess provides a user with a certain amount of information as to how close they are to the actual correct answer (in a fashion similar to the game “Mastermind”).

A number of alternative word-based versions were quickly created, but—strangely—no general-purpose game for guessing X words of length Y letters has yet been made available.

Proposal:

Until now! A very user-unfriendly command-line Python script is now available for playing a clone version of Wordle with as many words and letters as you like (Figure 1).

***Fig. 1:*** With “-n=4,” we have four five-letter words to guess at once. This mimics the functionality of the Wordle variant that goes by the name “Quordle.” With “-n=8,” we would be mimicking “Octordle.”

***Fig. 2:*** *After finishing a game with the settings from Figure 1, the result looks like this.*

One important new feature is that we can also specify, say, “–letters=12” to guess twelve-letter words (Figure 3) instead of five-letter words.

***Fig. 3:*** *Twelve letter words are substantially harder to think of, as it turns out.*

Or perhaps instead of twelve-letter words, we want twelve words:

***Fig. 4:*** *For the true word-guessing fan, maybe 12 words are more suitable than a mere 1, 4, or 8.*

But the real bonus here is that you can increase the numbers as much as you want (Fig. 5)—at least, until you run out of words in your dictionary.

***Fig. 5:*** *For the true word-guessing fan, maybe 12 words of length 8 is more appealing than a mere 1, 4, or 8.*

***Fig. 6:*** *As a convenience feature, you can also share spoiler-free emoji versions of your guessing process with your friends! Just think how much they’d like to get a message that looks like this!*

How do I get this amazing Python script?

This script can be downloaded at: https://worstplans.com/python-3-source-code-command-line-wordle-clone-for-unlimited-words-of-unlimited-length/ . It’s super user-unfriendly, so only the intersection of [command-line fans] and [word game fans] should subject themselves to the inconvenience of trying to figure out how to run this.

PROS: Provides an enhanced degree of word-guessing that should satisfy even the most ravenous consumer of this esoteric means of entertainment.

CONS: Might leads to massive national productivity loss if people spend all day long trying to solve 128 eight-letter words in as few guesses as possible.