This is a quick little JavaScript app for (last-hope-desperation!!) peeking into anagram and constrained-anagram puzzles including the NYT Spelling Bee.
Bee mode:
- Enter required and other letters. (For the NYT Spelling Bee, there is one of the former and six of the latter.)
- Choose the word list from the dropdown:
- "Usual suspects" is a short, curated list of once-bitten-twice-shy values from previous Bees.
- "Long list" is a long list (almost 200K words), not all of which are in the NYT Spelling Bee. That is, this can show words that the NYT Spelling Bee doesn't accept.
- The output shown will include all words from the selected word list which contain only your required letters and your other letters. If those are
EandXAMPLSthen all the words shown will contain only some subset of the lettersEXAMPLS, and additionally they'll have the letterE.- If the required letter is
Pand the other letters areAELM, then you'll seePALMandPALEbut notMEAL. - If the required letter is
Mand the other letters areAELP, then you'll seeMALLandMEALbut notPALE.
- If the required letter is
- Variations:
- If you enter letters only in the required-letters field, you get more of an anagram-finder.
- If you enter letters only in the other-letters field, you get more of a word-finder.
Pattern mode:
- Enter letters, along with
.or*. The.will match any letter in one position;*will match any number of letters. - Examples:
A..EshowsABLE,ACHE, etc.*ETHshows all words ending inETHTHEA*shows all words starting withTHEATH*STshows all words starting withTHand ending withST.
This app uses the Sliver JavaScript library.
Bee mode: specify one required or "center" letter, and others, using the short list:
Search in the long list:
Constrain the word length:
Make all letters required --- this means any match must include all of the letters:
Make all letters non-required --- this means any match must include any subset of the letters:
Pattern mode:
