Word Puzzle.
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Word Puzzle.
Is it possible to create a three by three square of letters, with words in every direction (that is reading backwards and forwards) without repeating a letter? ARE/ERA seems an obvious entry, but SHE/EHS for instance might give more scope?
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Re: Word Puzzle.
I don't think so.
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Re: Word Puzzle.
Yeah, with the word set jaap provided in the spoiler, it's not possible.
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Re: Word Puzzle.
Include foreign words?
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Re: Word Puzzle.
In that case you need to explicitly define the dictionary you use. If you, for instance include Hebrew words, it is quite likely you'll be able to solve it since every letter can be a consonant.
It also opens up to something like chinese where each letter is a word in and of itself, and iirc order doesn't matter as much in chinese
It also opens up to something like chinese where each letter is a word in and of itself, and iirc order doesn't matter as much in chinese
Re: Word Puzzle.
There is a Scrabble word list called SOWPODS that appears to be available on SourceForge (direct link to file). I have no idea if this list is the actual SOWPODS list, but I downloaded it anyway. It has 267,751 words in it, including 1292 3-letter words.
If you've got access to a Linux system, then here's one way to make a list of all reversable 3 letter words:
Here are all VCV words from that list (the 2nd half is first half reversed)
All the VCC words
All the CVV words
Count of CVC words
Letters in the middle of a word
Count of words made up of just middle letters
Can anybody solve it using this SOWPODS wordlist, or prove it can't be done?
If you've got access to a Linux system, then here's one way to make a list of all reversable 3 letter words:
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# Extract 3 letter words from SOWPODS list
grep '^...$' sowpods.txt > 3lw.txt
# Reverse every line
cat 3lw.txt | rev > 3lw_rev.txt
# Find words that appear twice, so must be in both lists
cat 3lw.txt 3lw_rev.txt | sort | uniq -d > rev_3lw.txt
Here are all VCV words from that list (the 2nd half is first half reversed)
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grep '[aeiou][^aeiou][aeiou]' rev_3lw.txt | egrep -v '(.).\1'
abo
ado
are
ate
avo
era
eta
oba
oda
ova
All the VCC words
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grep '[aeiou][^aeiou][^aeiou]' rev_3lw.txt | egrep -v '.(.)\1'
ahs
arb
arf
ehs
ohm
orb
orf
owt
urb
All the CVV words
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grep '[^aeiou][aeiou][aeiou]' rev_3lw.txt | egrep -v '.(.)\1'
duo
kue
nae
ria
sae
tae
tao
Count of CVC words
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grep '[^aeiou][aeiou][^aeiou]' rev_3lw.txt | egrep -v '(.).\1' | wc -l
388
Letters in the middle of a word
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cat rev_3lw.txt | cut -b2 | sort -u | tr -d '\n' ; echo
abdeghiklmnortuvwxyz
Count of words made up of just middle letters
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mid="abdeghiklmnortuvwxyz"
grep "[$mid][$mid][$mid]" rev_3lw.txt | egrep -v '.(.)\1|(.).\2|(.)\3.' | wc -l
254
Can anybody solve it using this SOWPODS wordlist, or prove it can't be done?
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