Hulihua

What is Hulihua?

Hulihua is a clone of a popular online word game in Hawaiian. It was created specifically to allow supporters of indigenous languages to develop Wordle versions in their native tongue. The application now has a list of about 400 five-letter terms compiled from some older literature I have in my possession. As a result, it lacks certain words present in the Mmaka Kaiao book, as well as all of those in the Pukui/Elbert dictionary. It does provide a more comprehensive list of valid terms, so you should not see too many "not a valid word" warnings for words that do appear in those two books and other dictionaries. I aim to expand the list and, ultimately, convert the entire game into Hawaiian.

Game Rules

After the game randomly selects a five-letter word from the list of allowed terms, the phrase is presented as a row of empty spaces. Following that, the players must submit their predictions for a five-letter Hawaiian phrase.

When you guess, the game tells you how many letters you correctly identified and whether any of them are in the correct placements. The player has six chances to guess the word properly.

How to play Hulihua

Using mouse

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