NYT CLInnections

The daily NYT Connections puzzle, right from your command line!

How to play

• cargo run to play today's puzzle in online mode.
• cargo run -- <puzzle>.json to play in offline mode.

Use the arrow keys to navigate, Space to select a tile, Enter to attempt a connection, Q to quit, and R to reset the game. In online mode, use A and D to navigate through the Connections archive.

Offline mode

Offline mode is a feature that allows loading your own puzzle from a local JSON file. The format is outlined below. A sample JSON file is also provided under examples/.

{
    "connections": [
        {
            "color": "Color", // Out of "Yellow", "Green", "Blue", "Purple"
            "words": [
                "Word1",
                ...
            ],
            "hint": "Hint"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "title": "Title",
    "seed": 42 // Determines the word ordering
}