I is working on this and it might crash please note. This will close when I is done.
The idea in Bulls & Cows is to guess the unknown word.
The word length is known and can be set in the options.
You can play by guessing any real word, or if you prefer, you can set the options to allow any set of letters.
If a letter is in the guess word and in the right place, then this is a bull.
If a letter is in the guess word but in the wrong place then this is a cow.
You can set the option to tell you either how many bulls and cows you have (harder) or which letter are bulls and which are cows (easier).
Changing options or refreshing the page will reset the game and a new word will be chosen.
Real names and country/city names are in the word list. So Seoul, and Syria are both valid.
Some words may be hyphenated, but the hyphen is missing, for example "soso" will register as valid as a 4-letter word (for "So-So")
Remember one of the options is to only let you include valid words. This may make it very difficult if you chose higher word lengths. Probably more fun to chose a 10 letter word and allow non valid entries to help you along.
There's no limit to the number of guesses as it's a game and meant to be fun.
Same letter words are all valid, and bulls are looked for first and then cows from left to right.
For example if the searchword is "PILL" and you enter "LULL" then you get 2 bulls (for the 'LL') and no cows. The reverse would also be true.
If the word was "BLEEDS" and you enter "ENTREE", then the result would be cow for the first and second E with the last E being marked incorrect.
There is a maximum score per game based on letter length and difficulty. You lose points for each incorrect guess, and also further points for guessing an incorrect word. It may change, but since the scores are recorded on your device, not on the server you may want to delete/reset them by clicking this button. .
Highscores are kept for a week.
I haven't validated the word list so there may be some inappopriate words in there, as well as words that you think should be in there are not.
If you see a word that is inaapropriate or just weird then you can report it by pressing the give up button (even if you completed a game) and clicking on the button.
Note the choice of word chosen is completely random.
Everyone heard of Worldle right? So I was visiting my mother this Easter (2022) and she told me about a game she used to play with us when we were younger to help our spelling. It was called "Bulls & Cows". This is very similar to Wordle but was done on pen and paper. My Grandmother taught this to my mother so this is kind of an old game.
So I wrote this in the vague hope someone will give me $1m for it, but more for a game for my mother to enjoy as she really likes word games. Hope you like it Mum. xxx
Enjoy
Toneus.PS: On a professional note there were some coding features incoporated here that I had to get better at for my CPD.
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