jaidetree/spelling-bee

An automated solver for the NYTimes Spelling Bee game using ClojureScript, Lumo, and Puppeteer

Spelling Bee

A CLI to solve nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee

Installation

1. Clone spelling-bee repo in any directory git clone git@github.com:eccentric-j/clap.git
2. cd into spelling-bee
3. Run npm install

Usage

Automatically solve puzzle and take a screenshot when the highest rank is achieved

npm start

List matching words

npx lumo -c src -m spelling-bee.words <charset>

Example:

clj lumo -c src -m spelling-bee.core "ohtcumn"

Notes

• Assumes first letter of charset is the required character.
• Words list is a bit broader than the game typically allows.

Credits

• Dictionary word list comes from https://github.com/dwyl/english-words
• Promise macros inspired by https://github.com/athos/kitchen-async