/countdown

Play word and maths puzzles as per the BBC show Countdown.

Primary LanguageOCamlOtherNOASSERTION

Countdown

An OCaml library for playing and solving word and maths puzzles as presented on the classic BBC show Countdown.

License

This work is made available under the BSD 3-Clause license (see LICENSE).

Requirements

This library requires OCaml >= 4.02 and a recent version of Findlib.

The OCaml compilers and Findlib can be installed using your system package manager, using OPAM, using a platform-specific third-party package manager (e.g., GODI, WODI, Fink, MacPorts), or by building manually from source.

Usage

  • Compile the command-line interface by running make from the root directory.

  • Print the command-line documentation by running ./bin/play --help.

  • Play a game by running ./bin/play.

Word lists

The TWL06 (default) and SOWPODS word lists are included in ./share/data/.