SixLetters is an anagram game, inspired by Text Twist. Given six letters, attempt to form as many words as possible. You can play it now by visiting https://dkess.me/sixletters (backup link) (backup link 2).
By default, clients must download the entire word list on each page load to
generate a level. This process is slow and consumes excessive bandwidth. As an
alternative, you can run python levelgens/levelgen.py to pre-cache every
possible level. This script creates a levels directory and generates ~2000
levels which consume 7.2M of disk space. The script takes ~30 seconds when run
with PyPy or 3-4 minutes when run with CPython on a modern computer.
If this is too slow, you can use the alternate Rust version, which runs in less
than a second (on a modern computer): rustc -O levelgens/levelgen.rs && ./levelgen. If you are on a computer with multiple cores, you can possibly get
even greater speed gains by using the multithreading version: rustc -O levelgens/levelgen_multithread.rs && ./levelgen_multithread --workers NUM
where NUM is how many worker threads to use.
Pre-caching levels also allows for extra options. You can blacklist obscene
words, set the minimum amount of words per level (to prevent very small levels
from appearing). Run python levelgens/levelgen.py --help to see all options.
Both the Python and Rust versions take the same options.
You can play SixLetters cooperatively with your friends! Press the "Play Co-op" button to generate a link that you can send to anyone. The server is written in Go and its source is on GitHub. Competitive multiplayer is coming soon!