Termdle

Wordle clone in x86-64 NASM assembly. Pure Linux syscalls, no libc.

Build & Run

Linux

sudo apt install nasm make    # or equivalent for your distro
make
./termdle

macOS

Requires Docker Desktop.

brew install nasm
make run

Windows

Option A — WSL (recommended):

wsl --install                          # if you don't have WSL yet
sudo apt install nasm make
make
./termdle

Option B — Docker Desktop:

docker run --rm -it --platform linux/amd64 -v "%cd%":/app -w /app ubuntu:22.04 bash
apt-get update && apt-get install -y nasm make
make && ./termdle

How it works

• 6 guesses to find a 5-letter word
• Green = right letter, right spot
• Yellow = right letter, wrong spot
• Gray = letter not in word
• Guesses must be real words (validated against 8,500+ word dictionary)
• Answers drawn from a curated 2,300 word list