diff --git a/wordle b/wordle
index 3c9f470..cdbd257 100755
--- a/wordle
+++ b/wordle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ declare -gr INDENT=$'\e[1C'
 function main() {
   echo -en "${CLEAR_SCREEN}"
   declare -g ANSWER
+  declare -g POOL='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
   ANSWER=$(select_random_word)
 
   set_options "$@"
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ function select_random_word() {
 
 function set_options() {
   declare -g BORDER=1
+  declare -g HARD_MODE=0
 
-  while getopts "bw:h" OPT; do
+  while getopts "bw:Hh" OPT; do
     case "${OPT}" in
       b)
         BORDER=0
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ function set_options() {
           exit 1
         fi
         ;;
+      H)
+	      HARD_MODE=1	
+	      ;;
       h)
         exit # add help message
         ;;
@@ -123,14 +128,14 @@ function retrive_guess() {
   while [[ ${#GUESS} -ne 5 ]] || [[ ! "${GUESS,,}" =~ ^[a-z]{5}$ ]]; do
     read -r -p "${CLEAR_UP1}Must be 5 letters: " GUESS
   done 
-
   declare valid_guess
   validate_guess "${GUESS}" &
   declare validation_pid=$!
   wait $validation_pid
   valid_guess=$?
 
-  [[ ${valid_guess} != 0 ]] && GUESS=$(retrive_guess "Not A Valid Word")
+  [[ ${valid_guess} == 1 ]] && GUESS=$(retrive_guess "Not A Valid Word")
+  [[ ${valid_guess} == 2 ]] && GUESS=$(retrive_guess "Not A Valid Guess")
 
   echo -n "${GUESS^^}"
 }
@@ -140,6 +145,9 @@ function validate_guess() {
 
   for WORD in ${VALID_GUESSES}; do
     if [[ "${WORD}" == "${GUESS,,}" ]]; then
+      if [[ "${HARD_MODE}" == 1 ]]; then
+        hard_mode_check "${GUESS^^}" || return $?
+      fi
       return 0
     fi
   done
@@ -147,12 +155,45 @@ function validate_guess() {
   return 1
 }
 
+function hard_mode_check() {
+  [[ -z "${row}" || "${row}" == 0 ]] && return 0
+
+  declare GUESS=$1
+
+  for (( i=0; i<WIDTH; i++ )); do
+    [[ "${POOL}" == *${GUESS:i:1}* ]] || return 2
+
+    color_check "${GUESS:i:1}" $i && continue
+
+    if [[ "${yellows}" == *${GUESS:i:1}* ]]; then
+      yellows="${yellows/${GUESS:i:1}/}"
+      color_check "${GUESS:i:1}" $i && return 2
+    fi
+
+  done
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+function color_check() {
+  declare -r CHAR=$1
+  declare -r c=$2
+  declare -r r=$(( row-1 ))
+
+  PREV_ROW="${BOARD[$r,$c]}"
+  PREV_CHAR="${PREV_ROW: -2:1}"
+
+  [[ "${CHAR}" == "${PREV_CHAR}" ]] && return 0 || return 1
+}
+
 function check_guess() {
   declare -r _guess=$1
   declare -r _row=$2
   declare -r _answer="${ANSWER}"
   declare green_count=0
   declare chars=""
+  declare -g greens=""
+  declare -g yellows=""
 
   for (( i=0; i<WIDTH; i++ )); do
     [[ "${_answer:i:1}" != "${_guess:i:1}" ]] && chars+=${_answer:i:1}
@@ -165,6 +206,7 @@ function check_guess() {
 
     if [[ "${_char}" == "${_answer:$c:1}" ]]; then
       green_count=$(( green_count+1 ))
+      greens+="${_char}"
       BOARD[$_row,$c]="${BOLD}${LETTER}${GREEN} ${_char} "
       [[ $green_count == 5 ]] && return 5
       continue
@@ -172,7 +214,10 @@ function check_guess() {
 
     if [[ "${chars}" == *${_char}* ]]; then
       chars="${chars/${_char}/}"
+      yellows+="${_char}"
       BOARD[$_row,$c]="${BOLD}${LETTER}${YELLOW} ${_char} "
+    else
+      POOL="${POOL/${_char}/}"
     fi
   done
 }