Не вордли (Don't Wordle RU)
Russian-language clone of DontWordle. A daily word game where the goal is to not guess the secret 5-letter word.
Play now: dontwordle.ru
Game mechanics
- 5 attempts (6 in hard mode) to avoid guessing the target word
- Every guess must be a valid Russian noun from the dictionary
- Every guess must respect all previous hints (Wordle rules apply)
- 🟩 Green — correct letter, correct position — must appear there in all future guesses
- 🟨 Yellow — correct letter, wrong position — must appear elsewhere in all future guesses
- ⬜ Gray — letter not in word — cannot be used again
- Survived — completed all guesses without hitting the target word ✓
- Wordled — accidentally guessed the target word ✗
- Eliminated — ran out of valid words before all attempts were used ✗
Undos are limited (5 in normal mode, 2 in hard mode) and roll back the last guess.
Stack
- Vanilla JS ES modules, no framework, no build step
- Single HTML file +
style.css + js/app.js + js/logic.js
- Game state and stats persisted in
localStorage
- Daily word: deterministic shuffle with seed
1337, indexed by days since 2025-05-14
Dictionary
4194 five-letter Russian nouns sourced from vfrsute.ru.
To rebuild: python3 scripts/fetch_words.py
Project structure
index.html Single-page app entry point
style.css All styles: CSS variables, dark mode, responsive
js/
app.js UI, state management, game loop
logic.js Pure functions: evaluate, satisfies, countValid
data/
words.json Shuffled word list (4194 words)
tests/
logic.test.js Unit tests for game logic (Node.js)
scripts/
fetch_words.py Word list scraper
.github/workflows/
deploy.yml CI/CD: push to main → SSH deploy
Local development
python3 -m http.server 3456
# open http://localhost:3456
No build step required. Cache-busting is handled by __BUILD_HASH__ tokens replaced during deploy.
Tests
node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/.bin/jest
Deployment
Push to main triggers GitHub Actions → SSH into production server → sudo dontwordle-update (git pull + docker compose up --build -d).
Server: Ubuntu, nginx reverse proxy, Docker, Let's Encrypt SSL
Webroot: /var/www/dontwordle.ru
Analytics & SEO
- Yandex.Metrica (counter
109237777) — pageviews, webvisor, custom goals
- Custom events:
game_start, game_end (with result, guesses, hard_mode params), share
- Open Graph + Twitter Card meta tags
- JSON-LD
WebApplication schema
- Sitemap: dontwordle.ru/sitemap.xml
Sister project
Chainle (source) — a daily math puzzle game by the same author, same infra.
