Package ball.riddler538.ant.taskdefs

Class SolveRiddle20190628Task

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AnnotatedAntTask, AntTaskLogMethods, AntTaskMixIn, ClasspathDelegateAntTask, ConfigurableAntTask, Cloneable
    @AntTask("solve-riddle-2019-06-28")
public class SolveRiddle20190628Task
extends AbstractTask
    Ant Task to solve a Riddler Classic:

    From Benjamin Danard, the Superstring Scrabble Challenge:

    The game of Scrabble has 100 tiles — 98 of these tiles contain a letter and a score, and two of them are wildcards worth zero points. At home on a lazy summer day with a bag of these tiles, you decide to play the Superstring Scrabble Challenge. Using only the 100 tiles, you lay them out into one long 100-letter string of your choosing. You look through the string. For each word you find, you earn points equal to its score. Once you find a word, you don’t get any points for finding it again. The same tile may be used in multiple, overlapping words. So ‘“theater” includes “the,” “heat,” “heater,” “eat,” “eater,” “ate,” etc.

    The super challenge: What order of tiles gives you the biggest score? (The blank tiles are locked into the letter they represent once you’ve picked it.)

    The winner, and inaugural Wordsmith Extraordinaire of Riddler Nation, will be the solver whose string generates the most points. You should use this word list to determine whether a word is valid.

    For reference, this is the distribution of letter tiles in the bag, by their point value: 

    0: ?×2
1: E×12 A×9 I×9 O×8 N×6 R×6 T×6 L×4 S×4 U×4
2: D×4 G×3
3: B×2 C×2 M×2 P×2
4: F×2 H×2 V×2 W×2 Y×2
5: K
8: J X
10: Q Z

    <solve-riddle-2019-06-28 classname="String" classpathref="Reference" description="String" taskname="String">
  <classpath .../>
</solve-riddle-2019-06-28>

    The submitted solution: 

    CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSEHAND_RAFTSMANS_IPWIREDRAWERDINITROBENZENEPETTIFOGGINGJUDOKAEQUATEVIVAAIOESOOIU 912
                          C         H
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CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE                                                                               46
CARBO                                                                                                9
CARB                                                                                                 8
CAR                                                                                                  5
 ARB                                                                                                 5
 AR                                                                                                  2
   BOXY                                                                                              16
   BOX                                                                                               12
   BO                                                                                                4
    OXY                                                                                              13
    OX                                                                                               9
       METHYLCELLULOSE                                                                               25
       METHYL                                                                                        14
       METH                                                                                          9
       MET                                                                                           5
       ME                                                                                            4
        ETHYL                                                                                        11
        ETH                                                                                          6
        ET                                                                                           2
         THY                                                                                         9
             CELLULOSE                                                                               11
             CELL                                                                                    6
             CEL                                                                                     5
              ELL                                                                                    3
              EL                                                                                     2
                  LOSE                                                                               4
                  LO                                                                                 2
                   OSE                                                                               3
                   OS                                                                                2
                     EH                                                                              5
                      HANDCRAFTSMANSHIP                                                              26
                      HANDCRAFTSMAN                                                                  21
                      HANDCRAFTS                                                                     16
                      HANDCRAFT                                                                      15
                      HAND                                                                           8
                      HA                                                                             5
                       AND                                                                           4
                       AN                                                                            2
                          CRAFTSMANSHIP                                                              18
                          CRAFTSMAN                                                                  13
                          CRAFTS                                                                     8
                          CRAFT                                                                      7
                           RAFTSMAN                                                                  13
                           RAFTS                                                                     8
                           RAFT                                                                      7
                            AFT                                                                      6
                                MANS                                                                 6
                                MAN                                                                  5
                                MA                                                                   4
                                   SHIP                                                              5
                                   SH                                                                1
                                    HIP                                                              4
                                    HI                                                               1
                                       WIREDRAWER                                                    17
                                       WIREDRAW                                                      15
                                       WIRED                                                         9
                                       WIRE                                                          7
                                        IRED                                                         5
                                        IRE                                                          3
                                         REDRAWER                                                    12
                                         REDRAW                                                      10
                                         RED                                                         4
                                         RE                                                          2
                                          ED                                                         3
                                           DRAWER                                                    10
                                           DRAW                                                      8
                                            RAWER                                                    8
                                            RAW                                                      6
                                             AWE                                                     6
                                             AW                                                      5
                                              WE                                                     5
                                               ER                                                    2
                                                 DINITROBENZENE                                      26
                                                 DINITRO                                             8
                                                 DIN                                                 4
                                                  IN                                                 2
                                                   NITROBENZENE                                      23
                                                   NITRO                                             5
                                                   NIT                                               3
                                                    IT                                               2
                                                      ROBE                                           6
                                                      ROB                                            5
                                                       OBE                                           5
                                                        BENZENE                                      18
                                                        BEN                                          5
                                                        BE                                           4
                                                         EN                                          2
                                                             NE                                      2
                                                               PETTIFOGGING                          20
                                                               PETTIFOG                              14
                                                               PETTI                                 7
                                                               PET                                   5
                                                               PE                                    4
                                                                  TI                                 2
                                                                   IF                                5
                                                                    FOGGING                          13
                                                                    FOG                              7
                                                                       GIN                           4
                                                                           JUDOKA                    18
                                                                           JUDO                      12
                                                                            UDO                      4
                                                                             DO                      3
                                                                              OKA                    7
                                                                               KA                    6
                                                                                AE                   2
                                                                                 EQUATE              15
                                                                                  QUATE              14
                                                                                  QUA                12
                                                                                    ATE              3
                                                                                    AT               2
                                                                                       VIVA          10
                                                                                           AI        2
                                                                                             OE      2
                                                                                               SO    2
    Author:
    Allen D. Ball