THE IDES OF MARCH POTM ... Deadline for entries is midnight 03/15/94.
One day, while doing some cleaning, I accidentally spilled my Scrabble
letters into a 5x5 plastic grid that happened to be laying about. Much
to my amazement, the letters all fell right side up. I was even more
amazed when I noticed that the fourth line spelled out "DSQDL" - an
acronym of a project abandoned early in my "career".
P O T M S Hmmm, I said to myself. There may be the
R U L E T seed of an idea here! If only I could
I R O N Y write a program to make 5x5 word squares
D S Q D L out of Scrabble letters. But alas, the
E T U D E wisdom required was beyond my means.
But surely YOU, the cream of the programming community, will find this
a most suitable challenge for your skills!
From the pool of 98 Scrabble letters (no blanks), your task will be to
create a 5x5 word square with 25 of the tiles. Your word square will
be evaluated according to how many valid 4 and 5 letter words are contained
in the square. I will provide, at run time, the file of valid 4 and 5
letter words - do NOT assume they will be actual English words!
