Solves codeword puzzles that are found in newspapers, e.g. https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/independent-codeword
go build
Enter the letters that you already have, with . or ? or * to represent unique letters, and numbers for repeated unknown letters.
Either provide a pattern as a command line argument:
> ./codeword-solver 112.2
llama
Or drop into a prompt:
> ./codeword-solver
Enter pattern: ..a122.1r
chauffeur
Enter pattern:
Supply a custom dictionary file:
> ./codeword-solver --dict spanish.txt 112.2
The solver also supports searching for multiple patterns together using the following semantics:
> ./codeword-solver .os1os 1....o..s1
cosmos:metabolism