Building a Browser-Local Reverse Wordle Game

Short summary

The author built Dont Wordle, a browser-local reverse Wordle puzzle where solving too early is the mistake—each row must preserve a path to the finish. The game uses browser-local state for speed and privacy, with no account system. Key design lessons include making the reverse constraint visible through a legal-guess counter, undo action, and clear failure feedback. The broader takeaway is that a single changed rule can create a new strategy space, and the engineering challenge is making that rule legible through state and feedback.

• •Reverse Wordle variant where solving too early is the mistake
• •Browser-local state with no account system for privacy and speed
• •Single rule changes can create new strategy spaces; UX must make constraints visible

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