Twordle: Wordle SMS

Shoutout/game idea credit to the Wordle word game founder Josh Wardle

Play it over SMS! Text a 5-letter word to +12155156567 to get started.

To run the app, you need

• A Twilio account - sign up for a free one here and receive an extra $10 if you upgrade through this link
• A Twilio phone number with SMS capabilities - [configure one here]
• Node.js installed - download it here

Install the Twilio CLI to help you develop locally and deploy to Twilio Runtime

npm install twilio-cli -g
twilio login
twilio plugins:install @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless

1. Clone the repo
2. Run npm install in the twordle root directory
3. Run twilio serverless:deploy in the twordle root directory

Grab the link ending in /game.

The meat of the code to play Twordle in /functions/game.js, but you also need the private Asset inAssets/words.txt.

In the phone numbers section of your Twilio Console, select a purchased Twilio phone number and scroll down to the Messaging section. Under A MESSAGE COMES IN, change Webhook to Function and then under Service select Twordle, for Environment select dev-environment, and then for Function Path select /game.

Click the Save button below and tada🎉! You can now text your Twilio number a 5-letter word to get started playing tWordle!

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