From 9a6f8e16d55996c0a940bb6b54114726bf390cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Gauthier <gregory.gauthier@perspectum.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:13:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix word validation logic

---
 build.sh   | 2 +-
 src/game.c | 5 +++++
 src/main.c | 8 +++-----
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 6b1ce49..f08d31a 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 mkdir -p build/cordle
 
 echo "Building application."
-gcc -std=c90 -o build/cordle/cordle src/*.c -Iinclude -lncurses
+gcc -std=c90 -pedantic -Wall -o build/cordle/cordle src/*.c -Iinclude -lncurses
 export RESULT=$?
 
 if (( RESULT == 0 )); then
diff --git a/src/game.c b/src/game.c
index d26535d..6e7d27e 100644
--- a/src/game.c
+++ b/src/game.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /* game.c - Game logic implementation */
 #include "../include/game.h"
 #include "../include/ui.h"
+#include "../include/words.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ int make_guess(GameState *game, const char *guess) {
         upper_guess[i] = toupper(upper_guess[i]);
     }
 
+    if (!is_valid_word(game, upper_guess)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     strcpy(game->guesses[game->guess_count], upper_guess);
     check_guess(game, guess, game->guess_colors[game->guess_count]);
     game->guess_count++;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 28abfbf..faa1de5 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -176,11 +176,9 @@ int main_game_loop(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                     game.current_guess_length = 0;
                     strcpy(message, "");
                 } else {
-                    /* Check if word is valid */
-                    if (!is_valid_word(&game, temp_guess)) {
-                        strcpy(message, "Not in word list!");
-                        message_color = COLOR_ABSENT;
-                    }
+                    /* Validation failed in make_guess or is_valid_word */
+                    strcpy(message, "Not in word list!");
+                    message_color = COLOR_ABSENT;
                 }
             } else {
                 sprintf(message, "Word must be %d letters!", WORD_LENGTH);