11
votes
4answers
623 views

Wordsearch Solver

Given a list of words and a grid of letters, find all the words in the grid and remove any letters which are not part of any of the words. The words could be forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonal. ...
5
votes
5answers
545 views

Find Possible Word Rectangles

Johnny is trying to create crossword puzzles, but he is having difficulty making words match each other. He has come up with several simple word rectangles: that is, groups of words that form a ...
4
votes
8answers
825 views

Output a playable crossword grid

Write a program to produce a file containing a crossword grid that the user can print out and work the puzzle on. Input A filename representing a crossword grid file and optionally a second ...
5
votes
4answers
454 views

Crossword grid verification

Validate a proposed crossword grid. Entries should be full programs that simply test a proposed grid to determine if it meets a set of conditions for making crossword solvers happy. Input The input ...
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votes
11answers
1k views

Crossword numbering

Produce a program to correctly number a crossword grid. Input The input will be the name of a file representing the crossword grid. The input filename may be passed as an argument, on the standard ...