From f29d81e932c45488212a9645fae387fa4e674f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adam <adam@adbraun.lol>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:19:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] keep hard mode hints when resuming a game

hard_mode_check uses the previous row's greens and yellows, but these
weren't written to the progress file, so after resuming a game the next
guess could drop known green and yellow letters. Save them alongside
the rest of the game state.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 wordle | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wordle b/wordle
index f11ac31..b6a0574 100755
--- a/wordle
+++ b/wordle
@@ -409,6 +409,15 @@ function save_game() {
     echo "KEYS[$key]='${KEYS[$key]}'" >> "${PROGRESS_FILE}"
   done
 
+  # Previous row's hints, needed by hard_mode_check after a resume
+  for key in "${!greens[@]}"; do
+    echo "greens[$key]='${greens[$key]}'" >> "${PROGRESS_FILE}"
+  done
+
+  for key in "${!yellows[@]}"; do
+    echo "yellows[$key]='${yellows[$key]}'" >> "${PROGRESS_FILE}"
+  done
+
   {
     echo "ROW=${row}"
     echo "POOL=${POOL}"