🎮 Wordle Game Clone

Welcome to the Wordle Game Clone repository! 🎉

This repository contains a fun and interactive Wordle game clone built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The game challenges players to guess a hidden five-letter word by making consecutive guesses and receiving feedback on their progress.

Game Features

⭐ Players can guess a five-letter word by selecting letters from the alphabet.

⭐ The game provides feedback on the correctness of each guess, indicating correct letters and their correct positions.

⭐ Players can reset the game and start over at any time.

⭐ The game supports dictionary lookup for valid words and provides hints if needed.

Game ScreenShots

Technologies Used

The following technologies and libraries were used to develop this Wordle game clone:

🔧 HTML
🎨 CSS
💻 JavaScript
📦 Axios (npm library)
🔒 Cors (npm library)
⚡ Express (npm library)
🔁 Nodemon (npm library)
🔑 Dotenv (npm library)

APIs Used

Two APIs were integrated into the game for additional functionality:

1. Dictionary API: This API allows the game to perform dictionary lookups to validate words. It ensures that players only guess valid words. The API used for this purpose is from RapidAPI.

2. Five-Letter Word Generator API: This API generates a random five-letter word for the player to guess. It provides a new word for each game session. The API used for this purpose is from RapidAPI.

How to Run the Game

To run the Wordle game clone locally on your machine, follow these steps:

1️⃣ Clone this repository to your local machine using Git or download it as a ZIP file and extract it.

2️⃣ Install the required dependencies by running the following command in the project's root directory:

npm install

3️⃣ Set up environment variables by creating a .env file in the project's root directory and adding the necessary configuration. For example:

RAPIDAPI_KEY=your-api-key

Replace your-api-key with the actual API key obtained from RapidAPI.

4️⃣ Run the game using the following command:

First run the backend by navigating to index.js file, open the terminal and run the command:

npm run start:backend

This will start fetching both the API's from your rapid API key.

5️⃣ Now navigate to index.html file. If you are having a live server then click on Go Live. It will navigate you to your localhost. The game will start as soon as you go live.

Contribution Guidelines

Contributions to this project are welcome! 🙌 If you have suggestions for improvements or would like to add new features, please follow these steps:

1️⃣ Fork the repository and clone it to your local machine.

2️⃣ Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix:

git checkout -b feature/your-feature

3️⃣ Make your changes and test them thoroughly.

4️⃣ Commit your changes with clear and descriptive commit messages:

git commit -m "Add feature/fix: description of changes"

5️⃣ Push your branch to your forked repository:

git push origin feature/your-feature

6️⃣ Open a pull request on the original repository and provide a detailed description of your changes.

7️⃣ Wait for the maintainers to review your pull request. Once approved, your changes will be merged.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. 📝

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to RapidAPI for providing the Dictionary API and Five-Letter Word Generator API, which enhance the gameplay experience. 👏