u/tallread1

I was hung over yesterday and trying to solve the Sunday Wordle. I was struggle bussing. When I'm working a particularly difficult puzzle, I like to "sketch out" or visualize potential words in the Wordle input field. Like if I know M is in position 3 and A is in position 4, I'll use X as placeholders and type X-X-M-A-X, then change it to X-X-M-A-P, then X-E-M-A-X to help me visualize different potential word guesses. The problem is the Wordle input field is not super great for that. You can't easily edit individual letters in the middle, so you end up deleting and retyping over and over. If it gets too difficult and complicated, I'll break out the paper and pencil.

But yesterday that required getting off the couch, which really didn't appeal to me. I searched for a tool that basically did what I do in my head (and sometimes on paper) to help me organize my guesses. I couldn't find anything like it anywhere.

So I made it! It's essentially just a little digital scratchpad or worksheet:

https://wordlescratchpad.netlify.app

What it does:

Top row: lock in your known greens, and save your yellows per position. Multiple yellows per slot are supported. The greens and yellows you save here also automatically light up in their corresponding colors on the keyboard.

Scratchpad rows below: the locked positions stay fixed, you only edit the unknown slots. Duplicate a row with one tap to try variations without retyping.

Custom keyboard: tap to mark a letter gray (not in the word), long-press to mark it yellow (in the word, wrong slot).

Red warning appears if you type a yellow-excluded letter from the top row into the column it can't go in.

What it deliberately does NOT do:

No word lists, no suggestions, no autocomplete

No "best next guess" recommendations

Nothing that gives you the answer

It's just a worksheet. You still do all the thinking, it just remembers stuff for you so you don't have to keep retyping or holding it in your head or break out a notepad.

It's a single HTML file, no backend, no tracking, no accounts. All your state stays in your browser. Designed to work on your phone. I'm sure it'll mostly work on desktop but I haven't tested that so no promises. On your phone, open it, tap the browser menu → Add to Home Screen and it'll launch full-screen like an app.

Free, no ads, just a thing I made for myself and figured I'd share because frankly I'm pretty proud of it and think it is pretty slick.

Hope it's useful to anyone else who solves the way I do. Enjoy!