Displays the Wordle-style line of emojis for a given guess and solution. Cassidoo newsletter #231

wordleGuess.js

const wordleGuess = (guess, solution) =>
  [...guess].map((letter, i) =>
    solution[i] === letter ? '🟩'
      : solution.includes(letter) &&
        guess.slice(0, i + 1).split(letter).length -1 <= solution.split(letter).length - 1 ? '🟨'
        : '⬛').join('')

const solutionWord = 'fudge'

console.log(wordleGuess('reads', solutionWord)) // ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
console.log(wordleGuess('lodge', solutionWord)) // ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
// See https://www.reddit.com/r/wordle/comments/ry49ne/illustration_of_what_happens_when_your_guess_has/
// for rules on repeated letters.
console.log(wordleGuess('deeds', solutionWord)) // 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛