NYT Games Cheats

This repository contains small Python helpers for finding candidate words for NYT Wordle and Spelling Bee.

The scripts use the word list at english-words/words_alpha.txt. The terminal interfaces are curses-based modules.

Requirements

Use Python 3.10+.

If the word list is missing after cloning the repository, initialize the submodule:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Wordle

Run the command-line Wordle helper with constraints for word length, fixed positions, included letters, and excluded letters.

python wordle.py --length 5 --position 0:t --include ar --exclude seb

Run the terminal interface with:

python wordle_tui.py

Spelling Bee

Run the command-line Spelling Bee helper with the allowed letters and the required center letter.

python spelling_bee.py ahyblti y

Run the terminal interface with:

python spelling_bee_tui.py

Notes

These scripts are local tools; they do not connect to NYT services or check whether a candidate word is accepted by a specific puzzle.