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About ClueKit

ClueKit is a mobile-first helper for the New York Times daily five-letter puzzle: spoiler-safe hints, a folded answer reveal, and an original solver. Built to run unattended.

What we do

Publish original, layered hints (vowels → start → doubles → end → meaning).
Show the factual daily answer only after an explicit reveal.
Ship a free client-side solver over a public guess word list.

What we do not do

We do not host, copy, or embed the official game.
We do not use “Wordle” as our brand or domain name.
We do not scrape game HTML/JS or bypass access controls.

Data sources (reproducible)

Puzzle metadata: public NYT JSON https://www.nytimes.com/svc/wordle/v2/YYYY-MM-DD.json
Definitions: Free Dictionary API (dictionaryapi.dev), with rule-based fallbacks when unavailable.
Hints: deterministic TypeScript rules in src/lib/hints.ts — no paid LLM.
Offline fallback: bundled src/data/answers-cache.json of past publicly known answers.

Automation

A Vercel Cron job hits /api/cron/refresh daily (05:05 UTC) with a shared secret, revalidating today's page so content stays fresh without human editors.

DisclaimerClueKit is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The New York Times Company. WORDLE is a trademark of The New York Times Company.