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Solver for the NY Times Spelling Bee game (https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee), when you just need ONE MORE WORD ARGHGHG
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solve_spelling_bee.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
dict = "/usr/share/dict/web2" # default path in Mac OS X
key = "H" # the letter that must be in the word
allowed = "CEKLMO" # other allowed letters
min = 4
with open(dict, "r") as fh:
for word in fh:
word = word.rstrip().upper()
if key in word:
scores = 0
for letter in word:
if letter not in key + allowed:
scores += 1
if scores == 0 and len(word) >= min:
print(word)
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