wordl

A command-line tool that aims to solve wordle and wordle variants as efficiently as possible.

Prerequisite

To compile this code, you will need to install make and c++ 17 (for Windows you will need MinGW 11.2, and for MacOS you will need Xcode Command Line Tools). You can install both of these on Windows using Chocolatey. The Xcode Command Line Tools on MacOS will install both of them. It is recommended to also have git (which is also included in the Xcode Command Line Tools) installed. You can get a copy of this repository by cloning it using

git clone https://github.com/gwstaten/wordl

or just download it through the homepage, click on Code -> Download Zip, or download it through this link.

Compile

To compile wordl, run

make

in the overall directory. This will produce a bin folder which is then used to create the executable. The executable is named wordl.

Update

If you downloaded this repository using git clone, update your local version of this repository using

git pull origin

If you downloaded it through the homepage, you can redownload the repository. Then you can recompile the code using the instructions above.

Usage

For learning how to use wordl and extended documentation, see USAGE.md.