Package ball.riddler538.ant.taskdefs

Class SolveExpress20161021Task

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AnnotatedAntTask, AntTaskLogMethods, AntTaskMixIn, ClasspathDelegateAntTask, ConfigurableAntTask, Cloneable
    @AntTask("solve-express-2016-10-21")
public class SolveExpress20161021Task
extends AbstractTask
    Ant Task to solve First, for Riddler Express, a Scrabble problem:

    What is the longest word you can build in a game of Scrabble one letter at a time? That is, starting with a valid two-letter word, how long a word can you build by playing one letter at a time on either side to form a valid three-letter word, then a valid four-letter word, and so on? (For example, HE could become THE, then THEM, then THEME, then THEMES, for a six-letter result.) 

    <solve-express-2016-10-21 classname="String" classpathref="Reference" description="String" list="String" taskname="String">
  <classpath .../>
</solve-express-2016-10-21>

    The generated solutions: 

    CLASSISMS [AS, AS+S, L+ASS, LASS+I, LASSI+S, C+LASSIS, CLASSIS+M, CLASSISM+S]
CLASSISTS [AS, AS+S, L+ASS, LASS+I, LASSI+S, C+LASSIS, CLASSIS+T, CLASSIST+S]
RELAPSERS [LA, LA+P, LAP+S, LAPS+E, E+LAPSE, R+ELAPSE, RELAPSE+R, RELAPSER+S]
GLASSIEST [AS, AS+S, L+ASS, LASS+I, LASSI+E, LASSIE+S, G+LASSIES, GLASSIES+T]
SCRAPINGS [PI, PI+N, PIN+G, A+PING, R+APING, C+RAPING, S+CRAPING, SCRAPING+S]
SHEATHERS [AT, E+AT, EAT+H, H+EATH, S+HEATH, SHEATH+E, SHEATHE+R, SHEATHER+S]
UPRAISERS [IS, A+IS, R+AIS, RAIS+E, P+RAISE, PRAISE+R, PRAISER+S, U+PRAISERS]
    Author:
    Allen D. Ball