AcrosticSolver/README.md
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Acrostic Solver
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Get a dictionary file (text file with one word per line) from [here](http://www.puzzlers.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=solving:wordlists:about:start)
and change the `WORDLIST` variable accordingly.
`SQUARE` holds the square - without spaces or anything else. Just all letters one after another.
At the bottom, the `letters` variable holds all available letters from the `SQUARE` and their amounts.
To start a search, run:
```
result = try_solve(letters.copy())
print(result)
```
If it doesn't find anything, try a different wordlist or specify a limit to which you want to search to:
```
result = try_solve(letters.copy(), max_level=4)
print(result)
```
If you already have the first and second words, use this:
```
rem_first = check_valid("BEACON", letters.copy()) # get remaining letters after first word
rem_second = check_valid("NROBE", rem_first.copy()) # get remaining letters after second word (NOTE: Since the letter "E" is used up already, we specify NROBE.)
result = try_solve(rem_second.copy(), ["BEACON", "ENROBE"]) # solve remaining
print(result)
```