It's good, reminds me of N
http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/nv2.html

Is this basic node js? could I technically just put this repo on my raspberry pi and host it from there?

This would be very cool on mobile. With bottom of the screen holding virtual left and right keys and touch drag for words.

I am curious, what license is this under.

Very solid. For free pc highscore service I could suggest: http://dreamlo.com/

A note about using math.random(). When you set the seed, the algorithm starts from beginning and often the first few iterations are close to being the same. I suggest poping few random numbers before using it for randomization.

I've recently messed with this lib and some of my own audio scripts. BUG: Using this along with love's own audio stuff has some conflicts (I got crash when I tried to use :play() function of normal love.audio source) SUGGESTION: Built in key change. I wrote it into my own script but thought it might...

You need to add video as promo material if you intend to sell this. From the screenshots it looks like asteroids clone. I've played plenty of free ones.

I love the classic font style chess board. I am so tempted to fork this.

Documentation would be fun to have as download from drop box or something if you don't want to maintain it on your website.