Background:
This program is meant to be a 'aid' for using while playing the Wordle game. You are meant to use this program during the Wordle game.
When Wordle gives you feedback about your guesses you use that information as input to this program.
This program searches the 2309 possible words to Wordle with the information you provide and outputs a list of possible words.
Usage: The general idea is to pass in all data guessed so far (in 1 concise string) from a wordle game and have the possible wordle words left as output.
The guess string is in single quotes and in two parts:
part 1: the guess characters that match or have no match yet.
The character is either in the correct spot, or in the word but in the incorrect spot. (green background or orange background)
If no match is found so far, the position should be represented by a # character
Each position in the word is separated by a comma
If a letter was found it is simply listed followed by a comma
If 1+ letters are in the word but not in that position they are listed together prepended with a - sign.
part 2: the letters guessed and not found in the word
Example for the word "wrote"
python3 ./guesses.py '#,r,-w,#,e:adjxq'
Here is the 'translation' of the guess above:
Position 1: no matches at all
Position 2: letter 'r' matched (green background)
Position 3: letter '-w' matched but in incorrect position (orange background)
Position 4: no matches at all
Position 5: letter 'e' matched (green background)
Second part: these letters were guessed but not in the word 'adjxq'
Output from above is:
Candidate words found:
write
wrote