I took every english word (over 200k words) and built a little NodeJS app that will help you find words that contain specific characters.
Additionally, here are instructions to deploy this app to Heroku.
Type a word into the text box with the following pattern:
he__o
And you'll get words such as:
hello
helio
This character is great for games like What's the Phrase (a knock off of Wheel of Fortune)
Type a word into the text box with the following pattern:
st???
and you'll get words such as:
stack
stade
staff
stage
stagy
but you wont get words like
start
because the t would already be visible (in What's the Phrase), and
you would have typed:
st??t
Go to http://nodejs.org and install NodeJS
Then clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/amirrajan/word-finder.git
And cd into the directory (all instructions below assume you are in
the word-finder directory:
cd word-finder
Install all the dependencies:
npm install (you may need to prefix this with sudo if you're on Mac)
Install mocha:
npm install mocha -g
To run tests, type:
mocha --compilers js:babel-register
If you want tests to execute every time you change a file:
brew install fswatch
In another window run
fswatch test/search_spec.js | xargs -n1 -I{} mocha --compilers js:babel-register`
Run the app:
node start.js
Consider using the package nodemon if you'd like. It'll auto start your server
every time you save.
npm install nodemon -g
nodemon start.js
Then navigate to http://localhost:3000
From heroku.com, click Documentation, then click the Getting Started button, then click Node.js from the list of options on the left...which will take you here: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/nodejs
Install Heroku toolbelt from here: https://toolbelt.heroku.com/
Sign up via the website (no credit card required).
Login using the command line tool:
heroku login
Create your heroku app:
heroku create
Git deploy your app:
git push heroku master
Open the app (same as opening it in the browser):
heroku open
And your app should be up on Heroku.