README.md

Letterboxed Solver

An algorithmic solver for NYT's Letterboxed
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Usage
4. Roadmap
5. Contributing
6. License
7. Contact
8. Acknowledgments

About The Project

Welcome to the Letterboxed Solver – a personal project designed to help solve the Letterboxed game from the New York Times. For those unfamiliar, Letterboxed presents you with letters arranged in a circle, and your task is to create words that start and end with these letters.

In developing this solver, I’ve employed a Trie data structure, a powerful tool for efficiently storing and retrieving words. It allows for fast and effective searching, ensuring that no possible solution is left unchecked.

This project isn’t just about finding answers; it’s also an exploration of how data structures like Trie can be applied in practical, real-world scenarios to enhance performance and results.

Feel free to use this tool next time you find yourself in a Letterboxed challenge, and watch it swiftly provide you with all the possible solutions. Enjoy solving!

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Built With

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• shadcn/ui (couldn't find a md badge lol)

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Roadmap

• Draw lines on the canvas when hovering over a solution
• Make inputs into pin inputs
• Pull data from NYT's to get gameData (will require a backend)
  • Wrote python script to get today's word list
• Present options for how the solutions are displayed
  • Hide first, second, or longer word
  • Display only first and last letters
  • Display a set number of letters
• Add a definition section to showcase the selected answer
• Add a reset button

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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Contact

Email: thomas.lam@columbia.edu

Project Link: https://github.com/t0mmylam/letterboxed-solver

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