// Puzzle data: groups of connected words const puzzleData = [ ["Apple", "Banana", "Cherry", "Grape"], // Group 1 ["Dog", "Cat", "Horse", "Rabbit"], // Group 2 ["Red", "Blue", "Green", "Yellow"], // Group 3 ["Basketball", "Football", "Tennis", "Soccer"] // Group 4 ];

// Flatten the array for shuffling and gameplay const allWords = puzzleData.flat();

// Shuffle function function shuffle(array) { for (let i = array.length - 1; i > 0; i--) { const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1)); [array[i], array[j]] = [array[j], array[i]]; } return array; }

// Initialize game state const gameState = { selectedWords: [], matchedGroups: [], remainingWords: [...shuffle(allWords)] };

// Function to render the game board function renderBoard() { const board = document.getElementById("connections-game-board"); board.innerHTML = ""; // Clear board gameState.remainingWords.forEach(word => { const wordCard = document.createElement("div"); wordCard.classList.add("word-card"); wordCard.textContent = word; wordCard.onclick = () => selectWord(word, wordCard); board.appendChild(wordCard); }); }

// Handle word selection function selectWord(word, wordCard) { if (gameState.selectedWords.includes(word)) { // Deselect if already selected gameState.selectedWords = gameState.selectedWords.filter(w => w !== word); wordCard.classList.remove("selected"); } else { // Select new word gameState.selectedWords.push(word); wordCard.classList.add("selected"); }

// Check for a match checkMatch(); }

// Check if selected words form a valid group function checkMatch() { if (gameState.selectedWords.length === 4) { const selectedSet = new Set(gameState.selectedWords); const isMatch = puzzleData.some(group => group.every(word => selectedSet.has(word)) );

const statusMessage = document.getElementById("connections-status-message"); if (isMatch) { // Successful match statusMessage.textContent = "Great! You found a connection."; gameState.matchedGroups.push([...gameState.selectedWords]); gameState.remainingWords = gameState.remainingWords.filter( word => !gameState.selectedWords.includes(word) ); } else { // Incorrect match statusMessage.textContent = "Oops! That's not a valid connection."; }

// Reset selection gameState.selectedWords = []; renderBoard(); } }

// Reset the game function resetGame() { gameState.selectedWords = []; gameState.matchedGroups = []; gameState.remainingWords = [...shuffle(allWords)]; document.getElementById("connections-status-message").textContent = ""; renderBoard(); }

// Event listener for reset button document.getElementById("connections-reset-button").addEventListener("click", resetGame);

// Initial render renderBoard(); })();