This turned into a lesson in computational time. I could do better on input validation, but for now I've assumed the user (me) knows the drill. The NYT seems to use a smaller dictionary, as valid TWL06 words are not accepted by the NYT. If and when I make this into a web app, I'll have to figure out how to call a dictionary API. ![]() I'm using the Official Scrabble Tournament Word List (twl06) that I grabbed from and just downloaded to a. I especially needed a way to find the pangram, because no matter how many words I found, if I had not found the pangram, my day was ruined. Furthermore, you can only check yesterday's answers, so if you want to go back to last week's answers, you can't. Unlike the NYT crosswords, you can't check your answers right away you have to wait until the following day. Each puzzle contains at least one pangram. You get one point for each valid word and three points for a word that uses all seven letters (a pangram). the words must be at least four letters long (five letters long in Sunday's A Little Variety puzzle pack). ![]()
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