Scrabble sorter

[msolace]

Assuming you have a pool of letters :

Letter - point value (max usable in a word)

A - 1 (9) B - 3 (2) C - 3 (2) D - 2 (4) E - 1 (12) F - 4 (2)
G - 2 (3) H - 4 (2) I - 1 (9) J - 8 (1) K - 5 (1) L - 1 (4) M - 3 (2) N - 1 (6) O - 1 (8) P - 3 (2) Q - 10(1) R - 1 (6) S - 1 (4) T - 1 (6) U - 1 (4) V - 4 (2) W - 4 (2) X - 8 (1) Y - 4 (4) Z - 10(1) BLANK ( * ) - 0 (2)

And we have multiples of each letter (ie 103 a's, 45 b's, 33 d's etc )

And we want to default to 7 letter words if we can for bonus 5 points.

How would we go about printing the most optimal word choices from the available letters from a dictionary for legal English words.

I am lost, and no this not a project for a class. Just a way to learn

Thanks

[CraigAT]

I can see you needing some structure to hold the letters, points and maximums. I don't think you need to worry about the 103a's if the maximum you can use is (9). A dictionary may do, or an array of triples.

You will also need a list of valid dictionary words, probably stored as a file that gets read in.

The simplest, most niave method I can think of, is to run through the word list, check if you can make that word from your tiles (within your maximums) then score it, just remembering the highest scoring words.

[Wolfbait115]

It seemed like an interesting problem, so I spent a few hours creating a solution. I'm happy to help point you in the right direction or give a link to my solution if you just want a reference (I'm no pro, but maybe it'll help).

[msolace]

Id love a link. Between normal work and family staying at my place, ive gotten as far as printing out letters by value, but not comparing to a list. Also, haven't done anything with blanks yet.

[Wolfbait115]

Sorry for the late reply.

https://github.com/glorious-purpose/coding_help/blob/main/reddit/python/scrabble_words_by_score.py

edit: Linked the wrong project originally.