It's playable

src/App.css

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ body {
   user-select: none;
 }
 
+table.Game-rows {
+  margin: auto;
+}
+
 .Game-keyboard {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
@@ -171,7 +175,8 @@ a:active {
   font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 }
 
-.Game-sr-feedback {
+.Game-sr-feedback,
+.sr-only {
   position: absolute;
   left: -10000px;
   top: auto;

src/Game.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Row, RowState } from "./Row";
 import dictionary from "./dictionary.json";
-import { Clue, clue } from "./clue";
+import { Clue, clue, describeClue } from "./clue";
 import { Keyboard } from "./Keyboard";
 import targetList from "./targets.json";
-import { dictionarySet, pick, resetRng, seed } from "./util";
+import { dictionarySet, pick, resetRng, seed, speak } from "./util";
 
 enum GameState {
   Playing,
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ function Game(props: GameProps) {
     if (/^[a-z]$/.test(key)) {
       setCurrentGuess((guess) => (guess + key).slice(0, wordLength));
       setHint("");
+      setSrStatus("");
     } else if (key === "Backspace") {
       setCurrentGuess((guess) => guess.slice(0, -1));
       setHint("");
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ function Game(props: GameProps) {
         setGameState(GameState.Lost);
       } else {
         setHint("");
-        setSrStatus("Feedback goes here");
+        speak(describeClue(clue(currentGuess, target)));
       }
     }
   };
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ function Game(props: GameProps) {
   }, [currentGuess, gameState]);
 
   let letterInfo = new Map<string, Clue>();
-  const rowDivs = Array(props.maxGuesses)
+  const tableRows = Array(props.maxGuesses)
     .fill(undefined)
     .map((_, i) => {
       const guess = [...guesses, currentGuess][i] ?? "";
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ function Game(props: GameProps) {
           }}
         ></input>
         <button
-          style={{ flex: "0" }}
+          style={{ flex: "0 0 auto" }}
           disabled={gameState !== GameState.Playing || guesses.length === 0}
           onClick={() => {
             setHint(
@@ -169,11 +170,11 @@ function Game(props: GameProps) {
           Give up
         </button>
       </div>
-      <div className="Game-rows">{rowDivs}</div>
-      <p role="status">{hint || `\u00a0`}</p>
-      <p role="status" className="Game-sr-feedback">
+      <table className="Game-rows">{tableRows}</table>
+      <p role="alert">{hint || `\u00a0`}</p>
+      {/* <p role="alert" className="Game-sr-feedback">
         {srStatus}
-      </p>
+      </p> */}
       <Keyboard letterInfo={letterInfo} onKey={onKey} />
       {seed ? (
         <div className="Game-seed-info">

src/Keyboard.tsx

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function Keyboard(props: KeyboardProps) {
   ];
 
   return (
-    <div className="Game-keyboard">
+    <div className="Game-keyboard" aria-hidden="true">
       {keyboard.map((row, i) => (
         <div key={i} className="Game-keyboard-row">
           {row.map((label, j) => {
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export function Keyboard(props: KeyboardProps) {
               <div
                 tabIndex={-1}
                 key={j}
+                role="button"
                 className={className}
                 onClick={() => {
                   props.onKey(label);

src/Row.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Clue, clueClass, CluedLetter } from "./clue";
+import { Clue, clueClass, CluedLetter, clueWord } from "./clue";
 
 export enum RowState {
   LockedIn,
@@ -24,20 +24,22 @@ export function Row(props: RowProps) {
         letterClass += " " + clueClass(clue);
       }
       return (
-        <div key={i} className={letterClass}>
+        <td
+          key={i}
+          className={letterClass}
+          aria-live="polite"
+          aria-label={
+            isLockedIn
+              ? letter.toUpperCase() +
+                (clue === undefined ? "" : ": " + clueWord(clue))
+              : ""
+          }
+        >
           {letter}
-        </div>
+        </td>
       );
     });
   let rowClass = "Row";
   if (isLockedIn) rowClass += " Row-locked-in";
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={rowClass}
-      role={isEditing ? "input" : "row"}
-      tabIndex={isEditing ? 0 : undefined}
-    >
-      {letterDivs}
-    </div>
-  );
+  return <tr className={rowClass}>{letterDivs}</tr>;
 }

src/clue.ts

@@ -39,3 +39,19 @@ export function clueClass(clue: Clue): string {
     return "letter-correct";
   }
 }
+
+export function clueWord(clue: Clue): string {
+  if (clue === Clue.Absent) {
+    return "no";
+  } else if (clue === Clue.Elsewhere) {
+    return "yellow";
+  } else {
+    return "correct";
+  }
+}
+
+export function describeClue(clue: CluedLetter[]): string {
+  return clue
+    .map(({ letter, clue }) => letter.toUpperCase() + " " + clueWord(clue!))
+    .join(", ");
+}

src/util.ts

@@ -24,3 +24,24 @@ export function resetRng(): void {
 export function pick<T>(array: Array<T>): T {
   return array[Math.floor(array.length * random())];
 }
+
+// https://a11y-guidelines.orange.com/en/web/components-examples/make-a-screen-reader-talk/
+export function speak(
+  text: string,
+  priority: "polite" | "assertive" = "assertive"
+) {
+  var el = document.createElement("div");
+  var id = "speak-" + Date.now();
+  el.setAttribute("id", id);
+  el.setAttribute("aria-live", priority || "polite");
+  el.classList.add("sr-only");
+  document.body.appendChild(el);
+
+  window.setTimeout(function () {
+    document.getElementById(id)!.innerHTML = text;
+  }, 100);
+
+  window.setTimeout(function () {
+    document.body.removeChild(document.getElementById(id)!);
+  }, 1000);
+}