spelling_bee

spelling_bee, a Python code which handles the Spelling-Bee puzzle popularized in the New York Times, in which one must make as many words as possible from a given set of seven letters. The first letter must appear in each word, while the other letters may be omitted or repeated. All words must be at least 4 letters long. The code is by Christian Hill.

Given the seven letters "EXLINGC", the list of new words might include:

CEIL
CELL
CIEL
CINE
CLEG
...
NEGLIGEE
EXCELLING
LICENCING
EXCELLENCE
NEGLIGENCE

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

spelling_bee is available in a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

words, a dataset directory which contains lists of words for use in games, puzzles, and textual analysis;

Author:

Christian Hill, Learning Scientific Programming with Python, https://scipython.com/

Source Code:

• spelling_bee.py, the source code.
• spelling_bee.sh, runs all the tests.
• spelling_bee.txt, the output file.

• sowpods.txt, a list of words.