Workshop › Wordle-style Word Guess › Step 13 of 26

Right letter, right place

What we are doing

score(guess, word) gives one mark per letter. First the easy part: a letter in the right place is 'green', and every other letter stays 'gray' for now.

```js
function score(guess, word) {
  const marks = Array(5).fill('gray')
  for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    if (guess[i] === word[i]) marks[i] = 'green'
  }
  return marks
}
```

What it means

• Array(5).fill('gray') makes ['gray', 'gray', 'gray', 'gray', 'gray'].
• The loop compares the letters at the same position; equal ones become 'green'.
• return marks gives the list back.

Your turn

Under the reset function, leave an empty line and write score. Press Run.

Skills: Arrays and objects

← A secret word Right letter, wrong place →

All steps

1. The canvas and the pen
2. Paint the background
3. A function that draws
4. A row of five tiles
5. Six rows
6. Draw again and again
7. The typed letters
8. Type with the keyboard
9. Show the letters
10. Backspace
11. Leave shortcuts alone
12. A secret word
13. Right letter, right place
14. Right letter, wrong place
15. Enter sends the guess
16. Colour the guesses
17. Winning and losing
18. A message line
19. Where the keys go
20. Draw the keyboard
21. Tap a key
22. Enter and Delete keys
23. Keys that remember
24. Keep statistics
25. Show the statistics
26. Build it yourself: only real words