Per Codex's v2 hardening. The GET /api/puzzle/word response no longer carries
the answer at all — guesses POST to /api/puzzle/word/guess and the server
returns the colour pattern, computed against the day's answer. The answer (and
the "why") are revealed only once solved or the guesses are spent. This removes
the "open DevTools, read the answer" issue without pretending to be a fortress
(a deliberate crafted request can still peek; there's no leaderboard or prize,
so that's fine). Client keeps local progress/stats; dict validation stays
client-side. Trade-off accepted: each guess needs the API (the site already
depends on it for today's content).
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A calm /play space — "after the brief, a small thing to enjoy." Framework-ready
for more games (Word Search next; zen/coloring later).
* Daily Word (5 letters / 6 guesses) + Long Word (6 / 7) — same Wordle mechanic,
Upbeat Bytes flavor (no "Wordle" in the UI). Hopeful answers; after solving, a
one-line "why this word matters."
* LLM proposes, code disposes: answers are picked deterministically by date-seed
from a hand-curated hopeful pool that's pre-validated ⊆ the guess dictionary
(always typeable), avoiding recent repeats; the LLM only adds the optional
"why" (with fallback). daily_puzzles(date, game, variant, payload) stores them
so everyone gets the same daily; the cycle pre-generates with the "why".
* Bundled guess dictionaries (words-5/6.json, ~12.6k/22.4k) for client-side guess
validation — never the LLM. Answer lightly obfuscated (base64) in the payload.
* Private, gentle stats (played/solved/streak, guess distribution); spoiler-free
emoji-grid share. No leaderboard, no timer, no streak-loss drama.
* Play in the bottom nav (replacing Browse, still on the lane rail) + the header.
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