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Word Clock

A copy-paste watch faces & clocks component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.

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HTML
<div class="nuda-word" role="img" aria-label="It is half past three">
  <div class="nuda-word__grid">
    <span class="nuda-word__on">IT</span>
    <span>A</span>
    <span class="nuda-word__on">IS</span>
    <span>L</span>
    <span>F</span>
    <span>TEN</span>
    <span class="nuda-word__on">HALF</span>
    <span>QUARTER</span>
    <span>TWENTY</span>
    <span>FIVE</span>
    <span>MINUTES</span>
    <span>TO</span>
    <span class="nuda-word__on">PAST</span>
    <span>ONE</span>
    <span>TWO</span>
    <span class="nuda-word__on">THREE</span>
    <span>FOUR</span>
    <span>FIVE</span>
    <span>SIX</span>
    <span>SEVEN</span>
    <span>EIGHT</span>
    <span>NINE</span>
    <span class="nuda-word__on">O'CLOCK</span>
  </div>
</div>
CSS
/* Word Clock
   Famous QlockTwo-style typographic clock. Active words highlight in
   the accent color; the rest fade into the background. */

.nuda-word {
  --accent: #e4ff54;
  --dim: #33333a;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 18px;
  background: #09090b;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
  border-radius: 12px;
  max-width: 240px;
  font-family: ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace;
}

.nuda-word__grid {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 6px 8px;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 1px;
}

.nuda-word__grid > span {
  color: var(--dim);
  transition: color 0.4s ease;
}

.nuda-word__on {
  color: var(--accent);
  text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.4);
  animation: nuda-word-glow 4s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.nuda-word__on:nth-child(3n) { animation-delay: 0.6s; }
.nuda-word__on:nth-child(5n) { animation-delay: 1.2s; }

@keyframes nuda-word-glow {
  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
  50%      { opacity: 0.7; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .nuda-word__on { animation: none; }
}

How to use Word Clock

Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.

Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.

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