Package ball.riddler538.ant.taskdefs

Class SolveRiddle20200103Task

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AnnotatedAntTask, AntTaskLogMethods, AntTaskMixIn, ClasspathDelegateAntTask, ConfigurableAntTask, Cloneable
    @AntTask("solve-riddle-2020-01-03")
public class SolveRiddle20200103Task
extends AbstractTask
    Ant Task to solve a Riddler Classic: The New York Times recently launched some new word puzzles, one of which is Spelling Bee. In this game, seven letters are arranged in a honeycomb lattice, with one letter in the center. Here’s the lattice from December 24, 2019: Spelling Bee screenshot, with the required letter G, and the additional letters L, A, P, X, M and E. The goal is to identify as many words that meet the following criteria: The word must be at least four letters long. The word must include the central letter. The word cannot include any letter beyond the seven given letters. Note that letters can be repeated. For example, the words GAME and AMALGAM are both acceptable words. Four-letter words are worth 1 point each, while five-letter words are worth 5 points, six-letter words are worth 6 points, seven-letter words are worth 7 points, etc. Words that use all of the seven letters in the honeycomb are known as “pangrams” and earn 7 bonus points (in addition to the points for the length of the word). So in the above example, MEGAPLEX is worth 15 points. Which seven-letter honeycomb results in the highest possible game score? To be a valid choice of seven letters, no letter can be repeated, it must not contain the letter S (that would be too easy) and there must be at least one pangram. For consistency, please use this word list to check your game score. 
    <solve-riddle-2020-01-03 classname="String" classpathref="Reference" description="String" taskname="String">
  <classpath .../>
</solve-riddle-2020-01-03>

    The solution: 

    List:           172820
Scoring Words:  44585
Honeycomb Sets: 7986
Solutions:      55902

      537           3898
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  T   REAGGREGATING 20
A   E REINTEGRATING 20
  R   ENTERTAINING  19
N   G INTENERATING  19
  I   REGENERATING  19
      REINITIATING  19
      AGGREGATING   18
      GRATINEEING   18
      INTEGRATING   18
      ITINERATING   18
      REATTAINING   18
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      RETARGETING   18
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      TEARING       14
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    Author:
    Allen D. Ball