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quartiles/scripts/solver.mjs
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import fs from 'node:fs';
import wordlistEnglish from 'wordlist-english';
// Valid 2-letter English words accepted in standard games
const validTwo = new Set([
'am', 'an', 'as', 'at', 'be', 'by', 'do', 'go', 'he', 'hi',
'if', 'in', 'is', 'it', 'me', 'my', 'no', 'of', 'oh', 'on',
'or', 'so', 'to', 'up', 'us', 'we'
]);
// Build standard clean dictionary (excluding vulgarities, numbers, non-alpha)
const cleanWordSet = new Set();
for (const raw of wordlistEnglish.english) {
const w = raw.toLowerCase().trim();
if (w.length === 2 && validTwo.has(w)) {
cleanWordSet.add(w);
} else if (w.length >= 3 && w.length <= 16 && /^[a-z]+$/.test(w)) {
cleanWordSet.add(w);
}
}
// Build prefix set for super fast solver pruning (up to 6 letters)
const prefixSet = new Set();
for (const word of cleanWordSet) {
for (let len = 1; len <= Math.min(word.length, 6); len++) {
prefixSet.add(word.slice(0, len));
}
}
// Function to solve a 20-tile board and return all valid words and paths
export function solveBoard(quartets) {
const tiles = quartets.flat();
const foundMap = new Map();
function search(prefix, usedIndices) {
if (prefix.length > 0) {
const checkLen = Math.min(prefix.length, 6);
if (!prefixSet.has(prefix.slice(0, checkLen))) return;
}
if (prefix.length >= 2 && cleanWordSet.has(prefix)) {
if (!foundMap.has(prefix)) {
foundMap.set(prefix, [...usedIndices]);
}
}
if (usedIndices.length >= 4) return;
for (let i = 0; i < tiles.length; i++) {
if (usedIndices.includes(i)) continue;
usedIndices.push(i);
search(prefix + tiles[i], usedIndices);
usedIndices.pop();
}
}
search('', []);
const quartilesList = quartets.map(q => q.join(''));
const quartileSet = new Set(quartilesList);
const words = [];
let totalScore = 0;
let quartileCount = 0;
for (const [word, path] of foundMap.entries()) {
const tileSegments = path.map(idx => tiles[idx]);
const tileCount = path.length;
let points = tileCount === 4 ? 8 : tileCount === 3 ? 4 : tileCount;
const isTargetQuartile = quartileSet.has(word);
const isQuartile = tileCount === 4;
if (isQuartile) quartileCount++;
totalScore += points;
words.push({
word,
points,
tileCount,
tileIndices: path,
tileSegments,
isTargetQuartile,
isQuartile
});
}
// Add 40 bonus points for finding all 5 quartiles
const maxPossibleScore = totalScore + 40;
// Sort words: Quartiles first, then by points descending, then alphabetically
words.sort((a, b) => {
if (a.isTargetQuartile !== b.isTargetQuartile) return a.isTargetQuartile ? -1 : 1;
if (b.points !== a.points) return b.points - a.points;
return a.word.localeCompare(b.word);
});
return {
tiles,
quartets,
targetQuartiles: quartilesList,
words,
wordCount: words.length,
quartileCount: 5,
totalBaseScore: totalScore,
maxPossibleScore
};
}
console.log('Solver module ready. Clean words count:', cleanWordSet.size);