Wordle Game

A fullstack TypeScript-based Wordle clone supporting multiple languages (English and Swedish), dynamic word sources (local/remote), game state persistence via sessions, and leaderboard scoring with MongoDB.

Live

[https://wordle-game-pymh.onrender.com/]

Features

• Word guessing game with real-time feedback
• Selectable language (English / Swedish)
• Option to use local or remote word sources
• Backend rendered leaderboard
• Session-based game state and validation
• Secure score submission
• Tested with Jest and Cypress
• Deployable to platforms like Render

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Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git
cd your-repo-name
npm install

2. Setup .env

cp .env.example .env

.env

SESSION_SECRET=your-session-secret MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://...

(Optional) Choose data source for word lists: "local" or "remote"

WORD_SOURCE=local # or remote (if empty "local" is default)

(Optional) Override default remote URLs

REMOTE_WORDS_EN=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dwyl/english-words/master/words_dictionary.json REMOTE_WORDS_SV=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hermitdave/FrequencyWords/master/content/2018/sv/sv_50k.txt

3. Build and start

npm run build        # Builds frontend and backend
npm run build-and-start # Builds and starts the app
npm start # Start the app

4. Testing

npm test         # Runs Jest backend tests
npm run test:e2e # Runs Cypress end-to-end tests
npm run test:all # Runs both Jest + Cypress