WordList.py

import string


class WordList:
    """
    Reads a list of words from a file and filters it for wordle compatible words.
    Used to provide word list copies.
    """

    def __init__(self, filename):
        self.ascii_lowercase = list(string.ascii_lowercase)
        with open(filename, encoding="utf8") as file:
            self.words = file.readlines()
            self.words = [word.rstrip() for word in self.words]
            self.words = [w for w in self.words if len(w) == 5 and self.is_ascii_lowercase(w)]
            self.words = list(dict.fromkeys(self.words))  # remove duplicates


    def get_list_copy(self):
        return self.words.copy()

    def is_ascii_lowercase(self, word):
        for letter in word:
            if letter not in self.ascii_lowercase:
                return False
        return True