.flexRow {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
}

:root {
    --bg-color: #fcfcfc;
    --primary-color: #0A4FA3;           
    --secondary-color: #4A7EBB;         
    --asset-color: #fdb913;             
    --highlight-color: #349df3;         
    --black-font-color: #1a1a1a;
    --border-color: #3d3d3d;
}

/* Loading Container */
.game-loading-container {
    display: flex;

    background-color: transparent;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    text-align: center;

    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
}

.game-loading-container button {
    cursor: pointer;
}

/* scale button active and hover */
.game-loading-container button:active {
    transform: scale(.95);
}

#loading-msg-txt {
    text-align: center;
    color: var(--primary-color);
    font-size: 1.05em;
    margin-top: 8px;
    text-transform: capitalize;
}

.game-loading-container h2 {
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    font-family: customFont_3, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.loading-hint {
    text-align: center;
    color: var(--primary-color);
    font-size: 1.1em;
    background:#fff8e7;
    border-left:4px solid var(--asset-color);
    padding:6px;
    border-radius:12px;

}



.loading-word-empty, .loading-letters, .loading-bee-container {
    /* font-size: 1.3em; */
    gap: 5px;
    
    width: 98%;
    max-width: 98%;
    text-align: center;
    color: var(--border-color);
}

.loading-word-empty {
	margin-top: 25px;
	background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
    /* new */
    gap: 3px;
    border-radius: 8px;
    border: 4px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
    padding: 4px;
    box-shadow:
      0 3px 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
    
}

.loading-blanks {
    display: flex;
    /* flex: 1; */
    max-width: 65px;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    background-color: transparent;
    /* border-radius: 8px; */
    border: none;
    aspect-ratio: 1/1 !important;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.1em;

    
}

.loading-letters {
    margin-top: 25px;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
    align-items: flex-start;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}


.loading-letter-btns {
    display: flex;
    /* flex: 1; */
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    background-color: var(--primary-color);
    border-radius: 8px;
    /* padding: 1%; */
    /* height:100%; */
    /* max-width: 60px; */
    
    border: none;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: white;
  font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.15em;
    
   
}




.space-blank {
    visibility: hidden;
    border: none;
    margin-left: 4px;
}

.loading-letter-btns.used {
    opacity: 0.45;
    pointer-events: none;
    background-color: #808080; /* changed */
}

/* End of Loading Container */