Games & Entertainment

NYT Connections Clone

Build a word puzzle game inspired by NYT Connections with daily puzzles and group-finding mechanics.

Build a word puzzle game inspired by NYT Connections:

Gameplay:
- 16 words displayed in a 4x4 grid
- Players find 4 groups of 4 related words
- Select 4 words and submit a guess
- Correct group reveals with color and category name
- Incorrect guess costs a life (4 lives total)
- Difficulty levels for each group (indicated by color)

Puzzle system:
- Daily puzzle (same for all players)
- Puzzle archive: play past puzzles
- Admin puzzle creator: enter 4 groups with category names and words
- AI-assisted puzzle generation from a topic

Results:
- Track solve streak
- Share results as emoji grid (like Wordle)
- Time to solve tracking
- Completion stats: solved, failed, average attempts

Social:
- Compare results with friends
- Daily leaderboard by solve time
- Streak rankings

Visuals:
- Clean, minimal grid layout
- Smooth selection and reveal animations
- Color-coded difficulty groups
- Mobile-optimized tap interactions

The app should have user authentication for stats and streaks. Guest play for single games.

Visual style:
- Color palette: clean white background with four group colors (yellow #FDE047, green #4ADE80, blue #60A5FA, purple #C084FC)
- 4x4 word grid with tap-to-select and category reveal animations
- Clean, newspaper-inspired sans-serif typography
- NYT puzzle aesthetic — elegant, minimal, satisfying reveal animations, editorial quality

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