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+# WordGuess
+
+Daily pubnix game where you guess the word of the day.
+Compare your word chops with other people on the same
+server!
+
+## Server
+
+Make sure that the WordGuess folder is accessible
+to other users.
+
+This means that if the code lives
+in `/home/wg/WordGuess` then the executable permission must
+be given to `/home/wg`.
+
+```bash
+chmod o+x /home/wg
+```
+
+The server code will adjust the permissions of all the other files
+to circumvent cheating.
+
+
+To run the server
+```bash
+python server.py
+```
+
+You should see an output such as
+```
+Successfully loaded game state
+Seed:  701625
+Started server at /home/wg/WordGuess/game.sock
+```
+
+Don't share the seed with anyone! Otherwise they can
+figure out the word for all future days.
+
+You can reset the seed and all game state by removing the file `state.pickle`.
+