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Life & fun · January 26, 2022

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A simple Wordle clone in 60 lines, using Hyperscript

Hello HN! I've been playing a lot with https://hyperscript.org/ recently (not to be confused with the other hyperhype hyperscript). I threw together a quick Wordle clone in an evening to see what it would look like using this language. The main functionality that is missing is checking for invalid words. The word dictionary is also very small, so it's very easy. The goal here wasn't really to create a good version of Wordle, it was to build 80% of Wordle in a different language to see what it looks like. Turns out, it looks pretty good! Stuff like using CSS rule precedence to…

A simple Wordle clone in 60 lines, using Hyperscript launched on January 26, 2022 with 111 votes, #310 of 2,891 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

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A Wordle clone written in Hyperscript, a lightweight scripting language. Built in roughly 60 lines of code over an evening, it demonstrates how Hyperscript handles game logic, DOM state management, and CSS-based UI styling. The implementation is intentionally simplified to showcase the language's capabilities rather than create a fully-featured Wordle clone, lacking word validation and using a small word dictionary. Suitable for developers interested in exploring alternative scripting approaches and language design.

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Hello HN! I've been playing a lot with https://hyperscript.org/ recently (not to be confused with the other hyperhype hyperscript). I threw together a quick Wordle clone in an evening to see what it would look like using this language. The main functionality that is missing is checking for invalid…

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