scrabble-bf
Command-line tool to brute-force try all words from a word list on a Scrabble/Wordfeud board and find the highest scoring move.
Usage
scrabble-bf <word-list-file> <scoring-file> <board-file> <tiles>
<word-list-file> should be the word list to use, with one (lower-case) word
per line. I recommend the Enable list.
<board-file> should be a file containing the board layout, including all words
that have already been placed. It should be a plain text file, with one
character per tile:
| Character | Tile |
|---|---|
a-z |
letter |
. |
empty |
* |
star tile in middle of board |
2 |
double letter value |
3 |
tripple letter value |
@ |
double word count |
# |
tripple word count |
See the file example-board for an example board.
Start with a (copy of) an empty board, and replace the tiles with letters as you play.
<scoring-file> should be a file containing the values of all letters, and
(optionally) the bonus score for when all tiles are used. It should be a plain
text file, whith every line containing the letter followed by its value
(separated by whitespace). Use ? to give the empty tile a value, and use !
to specify the value of a bonus. Scoring files for English Scrabble and
for English Wordfeud are included.
<tiles> are the tiles you have available to place on the board. Use ? for
the blank tile.
Example:
scrabble-bf enable1.txt english-scrabble-scoring example-board 'ieds?pj'
Output
The output of the tool is a list of all possible moves, sorted by their score. Each line has five columns: The score, the row and column numbers of the first letter of the word, the direction (horizontal or vertical), and the word.
For example:
...
32 2 12 H edit
32 1 1 V joe
34 15 8 H deep
35 15 5 H spade
40 15 8 H deeps
47 15 6 H jade
Here, the word 'jade', when placed horizontally starting at row 15 and column 6, will give you 47 points.
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Mara Bos
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.