Wordle Multiplayer

A private multiplayer Wordle game built for you and your colleagues.

🧠 Features

• Real-time play using WebSockets (Socket.IO)
• Score system based on guesses + speed
• Host sets number of rounds
• Leaderboard with persistent scoring
• Reset game when complete

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🧪 Run Locally

Backend

cd server
npm install
node index.js

Frontend

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

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🌐 Deploy Online

Backend (Render.com)

1. Create a new Web Service on https://render.com
2. Set root directory to /server
3. Build Command: npm install
4. Start Command: node index.js
5. Add CORS and expose port 4000

Frontend (Vercel.com)

1. Create project with root at /client
2. In client/src/socket.js, change:

const socket = io("http://localhost:4000");

to:

const socket = io("https://your-render-url.com");

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✅ You're ready to play!