UPDATES: Play menu became simpler, show LETTERS functionality was introduced, some improvements in show STATS and show WORD LIST. Also, word list file is now configurable.
Oh the word list issue is a matter of great debate. I opted for using the default word list just to avoid this matter (thinking that this list is something fixed and undebatable).
It might be a good idea to make the word list configurable, so that each user may use their prefered word list. Stay tuned, I might do it the very near future.
Have you thought of the Wordle wordlist by default and let the user override it via a config option? This would cut down on the per-distro variability. IIRC the wordlist itself it around 14KB so not terribly large. You could even pull it from the GH via curl during installation if you'd like. I don't think I'd mind implementing this if your interested.