:root {
  /* Paper, ink and one accent — the same ground the front page stands on. */
  --bg: #f2f1ec;
  --surface: #ffffff;
  --border: #e2e0d8;
  --text: #16161a;
  --text-dim: #6a6862;
  --key-bg: #e5e2d9;
  --rule: #c9c5bb;           /* the snow's outline, and the line under an unfound letter */
  --spent: #d5d2c9;
  /* Snowman's own accent — a warmer green than Shabda's teal, with the same
     amber for near-misses so the games still read as one place. Deepened for
     a light ground, where white type has to hold up on top of them. */
  --hit: #4b8a41;
  --miss: #b4552f;
  --warn: #c07c2c;
  --absent: #7d7a71;
  --on-colour: #ffffff;
  --font: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", system-ui, -apple-system, Arial, sans-serif;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html, body {
  margin: 0;
  height: 100%;
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--font);
  overflow: hidden;
  touch-action: manipulation;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

body { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }

/* ---------- header ---------- */
.game-header {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
  padding: 10px 14px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.game-header h1 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 24px;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.brand-link, .icon-btn {
  background: none;
  border: none;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 1;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 8px;
  border-radius: 8px;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  min-width: 36px;
  min-height: 36px;
}

.brand-link:hover, .icon-btn:hover { background: var(--surface); color: var(--text); }
.header-actions { display: flex; gap: 2px; }

/* ---------- the brand, and the way back ---------- */
.brand-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 7px;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 6px 8px;
  font-size: 18px;
}

.brand-link .arrow { color: var(--text-dim); }
.brand-link .brand-mark { width: 21px; height: 21px; }

/* Small beside the game's own name, which is the thing being played right now,
   but on every page so the site has a face wherever you land. */
.brand-name {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
  color: var(--text);
  text-transform: none;
}

.brand-name span { font-weight: 500; color: var(--text-dim); letter-spacing: 0; }

/* A phone has room for the game's name or ours, not both in full. */
@media (max-width: 430px) {
  .brand-name span { display: none; }
  /* The mark is the way home too, so the arrow is what gives way first. */
  .brand-link .arrow { display: none; }
  .brand-link { gap: 6px; padding-left: 4px; }
  .game-header h1 { font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 2px; }
}

/* ---------- difficulty picker ---------- */
.levels {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 6px;
  padding: 10px 12px 2px;
}

.level-btn {
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  color: var(--text-dim);
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .4px;
  padding: 7px 15px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: background .15s ease, color .15s ease, border-color .15s ease;
}

.level-btn:hover { color: var(--text); border-color: #3d4557; }

.level-btn[aria-pressed="true"] {
  background: var(--hit);
  border-color: var(--hit);
  color: var(--on-colour);
}

/* Today's word is the point of the game; practice is the extra. */
.level-btn.today { border-color: var(--rule); color: var(--text); }
.level-btn.today[aria-pressed="true"] { border-color: var(--hit); color: var(--on-colour); }

/* ---------- layout ---------- */
.game {
  flex: 1 1 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 10px;
  padding: 8px 8px 14px;
  overflow: hidden;
  min-height: 0;
}

/* ---------- the snowman ---------- */
.stage {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  flex: 0 1 auto;
  min-height: 0;
}

.snowman {
  height: min(210px, 30vh);
  width: auto;
  overflow: visible;
}

.snowman .snow { fill: #ffffff; stroke: var(--rule); stroke-width: 2.5; }
.snowman .detail { fill: var(--text); }
.snowman .carrot { fill: var(--warn); }

.snowman .twig {
  stroke: #9b8f7d;
  stroke-width: 3.5;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  fill: none;
}

.snowman .scarf {
  stroke: var(--miss);
  stroke-width: 7;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  fill: none;
}

.snowman .hat { fill: var(--text); }
.snowman .hat .brim { stroke: var(--text); stroke-width: 5; stroke-linecap: round; }
.snowman .ground { stroke: var(--rule); stroke-width: 4; stroke-linecap: round; fill: none; }

/* Everything starts on the snowman and leaves it. A piece that has melted sinks
   a little as it fades, rather than simply blinking out. */
.snowman .part {
  transform-box: fill-box;
  transform-origin: center;
  transition: opacity .35s ease, transform .35s ease;
}

.snowman .part.gone { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(9px) scale(.86); }

.snowman .puddle {
  fill: #bcd8e4;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .45s ease;
}

.snowman .puddle-carrot { fill: var(--warn); }
.snowman .puddle.shown { opacity: 1; }

.stage.shake { animation: shake .45s; }
@keyframes shake {
  10%, 90% { transform: translateX(-2px); }
  20%, 80% { transform: translateX(4px); }
  30%, 50%, 70% { transform: translateX(-6px); }
  40%, 60% { transform: translateX(6px); }
}

/* ---------- category and lives ---------- */
.meta {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
}

.chip {
  font-size: 12.5px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: 999px;
  padding: 5px 12px;
}

.chip b { color: var(--text); font-weight: 700; }

.lives { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; }

.pip {
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--hit);
}

.pip.spent { background: var(--spent); }

.lives-text {
  font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  margin-left: 4px;
}

/* ---------- the word ---------- */
.word {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 6px 5px;
  padding: 0 4px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.slot {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: clamp(24px, 7vw, 36px);
  height: clamp(34px, 9vw, 46px);
  border-bottom: 3px solid var(--rule);
  font-size: clamp(20px, 6vw, 28px);
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  user-select: none;
}

.slot.revealed { border-bottom-color: var(--hit); animation: pop .16s ease; }

/* On a loss the letters that were never found are shown in the miss colour, so
   it is obvious what beat you. */
.slot.missed { color: var(--miss); border-bottom-color: var(--miss); }

@keyframes pop {
  0%   { transform: translateY(4px); opacity: .4; }
  100% { transform: none; opacity: 1; }
}

/* A word break: no underscore, just air. */
.sep { width: clamp(12px, 3vw, 18px); }

/* ---------- guessed letters ---------- */
.tried-row {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  min-height: 24px;
  padding: 0 8px;
}

.tried-label {
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 1px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--text-dim);
}

.guessed { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 4px; justify-content: center; }

.guessed .none { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-dim); font-style: italic; }

.tried {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 2px 7px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  background: var(--spent);
  color: var(--text);
}

.tried.hit  { background: var(--hit);  color: var(--on-colour); }
.tried.miss { background: var(--miss); color: var(--on-colour); }

/* ---------- whole-word guess ---------- */
.word-guess {
  display: flex;
  gap: 6px;
  width: min(420px, 100%);
  padding: 0 4px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.word-guess input {
  flex: 1;
  min-width: 0;
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 14px;
  padding: 10px 16px;
}

.word-guess input::placeholder { color: var(--text-dim); }
.word-guess input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--hit); }
.word-guess input:disabled { opacity: .5; }
.word-guess .btn { flex: 0 0 auto; padding: 10px 20px; }

/* ---------- keyboard ---------- */
.keyboard {
  width: min(500px, 100%);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 7px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.kb-row { display: flex; gap: 5px; justify-content: center; }

.key {
  flex: 1;
  min-width: 0;
  max-width: 46px;
  height: 48px;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: var(--key-bg);
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  cursor: pointer;
  user-select: none;
  transition: background .15s ease, transform .05s ease;
}

.key:hover:not(:disabled)  { filter: brightness(1.12); }
.key:active:not(:disabled) { transform: scale(.94); }

.key.hit  { background: var(--hit);  color: var(--on-colour); }
.key.miss { background: var(--miss); color: var(--on-colour); }
.key:disabled { cursor: default; }
.key:disabled:not(.hit):not(.miss) { background: var(--spent); color: #93908a; }

/* ---------- toast ---------- */
.toast-area {
  position: fixed;
  top: 110px;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 40;
}

.toast {
  background: var(--text);
  color: var(--bg);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 14px;
  padding: 12px 18px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  animation: fadein .12s ease;
}

.toast.out { opacity: 0; transition: opacity .3s ease; }
@keyframes fadein { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-6px); } to { opacity: 1; } }

/* ---------- modals ---------- */
.modal {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  background: rgba(22, 22, 26, .45);
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  z-index: 50;
  padding: 16px;
}

.modal[hidden] { display: none; }

.modal-card {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: 14px;
  padding: 26px 24px 22px;
  width: min(430px, 100%);
  max-height: 88vh;
  /* Phones report vh as the height with the browser bars hidden, so a card
     sized in vh can hang off both ends of what is really visible. */
  max-height: 88svh;
  overflow-y: auto;
  animation: rise .18s ease;
}

@keyframes rise { from { transform: translateY(14px); opacity: 0; } to { transform: none; opacity: 1; } }

/* The first line of the how-to says what the game is, in one sentence, rather
   than starting straight in on the rules — useful to a player who arrived from
   a link, and it is the line anything quoting the page will take. */
.modal-card .lede {
  color: var(--text);
  font-size: 15.5px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.modal-card h2 { margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 20px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.modal-card h3 { margin: 22px 0 12px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.modal-card p  { color: var(--text-dim); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 12px; }
.modal-card p b { color: var(--text); }

.outcome {
  font-size: 15px !important;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--text) !important;
  margin-top: -6px !important;
}

.stats-scope { font-size: 13px; margin-top: -6px; }
.stats-scope b { text-transform: capitalize; }

/* Title and close button ride together in a bar that stays at the top while the
   rest scrolls. On a phone the how-to is twice the height of the screen, and
   before this the way out scrolled off with the text — disappearing at exactly
   the moment someone had read to the end and wanted to start playing. */
.modal-head {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 12px;
  background: var(--surface);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
  padding: 4px 0 12px;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}

.modal-head h2 { margin: 0; }

/* Padded out to a thumb-sized target rather than a glyph you have to aim at. */
.modal-close {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  background: none;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 8px;
  margin: -6px -8px 0 0;
  padding: 6px 10px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 1;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.modal-close:hover { color: var(--text); }

.example { border-top: 1px solid var(--border); padding-top: 14px; margin-top: 14px; }

.ex-word { display: flex; gap: 4px; margin-bottom: 12px; justify-content: center; }

.ex-word .slot {
  width: 24px;
  height: 30px;
  font-size: 17px;
  border-bottom-width: 2px;
}

.ex-word .sep { width: 10px; }

.fine { font-size: 12.5px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); padding-top: 14px; margin-top: 16px; }
.fine.plain { border: 0; padding-top: 0; margin-top: 8px; }

/* stats */
.stat-row { display: flex; gap: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; }
.stat { flex: 1; text-align: center; }
.stat-num { font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700; }
.stat-lbl { font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-dim); line-height: 1.3; }

.dist { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 5px; }
.dist-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-size: 13px; }
.dist-key { width: 10px; color: var(--text-dim); }

.dist-bar {
  background: #e5e2d9;
  color: var(--text);
  font-weight: 700;
  padding: 2px 8px;
  text-align: right;
  min-width: 26px;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

.dist-bar.current { background: var(--hit); color: var(--on-colour); }

.modal-actions { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin-top: 22px; }

.btn {
  flex: 1;
  padding: 13px 16px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  font-family: inherit;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 14px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.btn-primary { background: var(--hit); color: var(--on-colour); }
.btn-ghost { background: transparent; border-color: var(--border); color: var(--text); }
.btn:hover { filter: brightness(1.08); }
.btn:disabled { opacity: .45; cursor: default; filter: none; }

@media (max-height: 720px) {
  .snowman { height: min(160px, 24vh); }
  .key { height: 42px; }
  .game-header h1 { font-size: 20px; }
  .slot { height: clamp(30px, 8vw, 40px); }
}

/* The daily sign-off: when the next word arrives. */
.next-up {
  margin: 0;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
}

.next-up b { color: var(--text); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }