Spelling Bee Solver

This program solves the New York Times Spelling Bee game Official Link/Free Link

Table of Contents

• General Information
• Technologies Used
• Features
• Setup
• Usage
• Project Status
• Room for Improvement
• Acknowledgements

General Information

• This program creates a regular expression and uses words_alpha.txt (from here) to find the possible words

Technologies used

• Python 3.8.10

Features

• Input the letters manually
• Receive a list of possible words
• Have the program automatically input the possibilities into the game
• Compare with a list of answers (if known) to see what words the program missed

Setup

• Clone the Git repository
• Open the directory in the terminal
• Install the requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt
• Use sudo python3 wordleHelper.py to run the program (sudo is required for the auto-type functionality)

Usage

• Follow the prompts and fill in the information requested in the terminal
• You will first be asked to input the letters, starting with the required letter
• You will then be asked if you want to be shown the list of possible words or if you want to auto-type the words
• If you select auto-type, go back to the game in your browser and click on the text input field of the game, then press "esc" to start the input
• Beware! If you click out of the game before the auto-typing is complete, it will continue to type wherever you click!
• You may have to run the program a couple of times to make sure the game registers all of the inputs
• Before closing the program you are able to compare the algorithm's answers with a text file containing the real answers, this will only work if you have filled the answers.txt file

Project Status

This project is complete

Room for Improvement

• Retrieve the game letters automatically
• Make a GUI
• Better control over the auto-typing

Acknowledgements

• The list of English words words_alpha.txt comes from here