Word Puzzle Solver (WPSR) is a command line program to solve the word puzzles.
Download the source from the git repository and build it with Cargo:
$ git clone https://github.com/jerus-org/wpsr-rs.git
$ cd wpsr-rs
$ cargo build --release
Run from the the command line in the project directory for access to the the dictionary words.
Alternatively, build a bundle with cargo bundle to install and make the dictionary files available from any directory.
$ cargo bundle --release
There are four subcommands:
alpha- Parse list of words to exclude duplicates and non-alphabetic characterslist- List available word listsanagram- Find words that are anagrams of a given letter stringboxed- Boxed word puzzle toolswords- Generate words from a string of letters
alpha is a utility to parse a list of words to exclude duplicates and non-alphabetic characters to create a word list file for use in solving word puzzles.
anagram - Find words that are anagrams of a given letter string. This tool finds single words that can be made using all of the letters contained in the given string (presumed to be a word).
list lists the available word lists default or specified directory.
words generates words generates words as solutions for puzzles based on a limited selection of letters.
boxed provides tools to solve and generate puzzles based on the Letters Boxed puzzle. It offers a generator to generate puzzles and solves boxes with between 3 and 8 edges (each of with 3 letters).
$ wpsr --help
Command line program to help solve word puzzles
Usage: wpsr [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Commands:
alpha Parse list of words to exclude duplicates and non-alphabetic characters
list List available word lists
anagram Find words that are anagrams of a given letter string
boxed Boxed word puzzle tools
words Generate words from a string of letters
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-v, --verbose... Increase logging verbosity
-q, --quiet... Decrease logging verbosity
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
The boxed sub-command provides tools to solve and generate puzzles based on the Letters Boxed puzzle.
Letters Boxed is a word puzzle in which the player is presented with a shape with three letters on each edge of the shape. The puzzle is solved by connecting letters from alternating edges to form a chain of words, each next word starting with the last letter of the previous word. The words must be valid English words and must be at least 3 letters long. The words must also be words that can be found in the dictionary.
It offers a generator to generate puzzles and solves shapes with between 3 and 8 edges (each of with 3 letters).
prepare- Prepare word listsolutions- Report multiple solutions for the puzzlesolve- Solve word puzzlegenerate- Generate random letter string for puzzle
prepare massages the word dictionary to prepare it specifically for solving this type of puzzle by eliminating any word that contains a double letter (such as letter) and eliminating words that are shorter than a minimum length (default 3).
solve find the shortest solution for the puzzle string comprising of the minimum number of words required to meet the puzzle criteria.
solutions generate multiple solutions for the same puzzle string.
generate will generate a random letter string for a puzzle of any shape from triangle to octagon. Three letters will be selected randomly for each edge of the shape chosen resulting in a string of between 9 and 24 letters.
$ wpsr boxed -h
Boxed word puzzle tools
Usage: wpsr boxed [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Commands:
generate Generate random letter string for puzzle
prepare Prepare word list
solutions Report multiple solutions for the puzzle
solve Solve word puzzle
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-v, --verbose... Increase logging verbosity
-q, --quiet... Decrease logging verbosity
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version