4pics1word-tips

Generate words from dictionary for the popular iOS game 4 Pics 1 Word!

Usage:

java -jar guess-word-1.0.jar '*****' DLKSQEIOUCNM

Parameter 1 '*****' represents the target word having 5 letters and these letters can be anything. If you've already got a tip on a letter, you can specify it like: '*A**E'.

Parameter 2 'DLKSQEIOUCNM' represents the letters given to form the word

Prerequisite:

JRE 8 installed

Result:

A list of 5-letter words that can be comprised of given letters will be listed, as well as their Chinese explanations.

dunce	n.劣学生,傻瓜
dulse	n.[植] 掌状红皮藻
semon	n.[语](层次语法中的)语义子,义符
snick	n.刻痕v.刻细痕于
snide	n.骗子,卑鄙勾当,赝品,假珠宝adj.伪造的,不诚实的,卑鄙的,暗讽的
...

Programmatic Usage:

import com.sshwind.*;

...

GuessWord.listWords("*****", "DLKSQEIOUCNM")
			.forEach(System.out::println);

Use Another Dictionary:

By default, the program will use its builtin English-Chinese dictionary, which contains approximately 100k words. You can explicitly specify the dictionary you would like to use if the desired word isn't included.

Specify in the argument:

java -jar guess-word-1.0.jar '*****' DLKSQEIOUCNM -dict dict_file.txt

Or specify in program:

import com.sshwind.*;

...

Dict.loadFromFile("dict_file.txt");

GuessWord.listWords("*****", "DLKSQEIOUCNM")
			.forEach(System.out::println);

The dictionary file has to be plain text file with one word in each line. And each word can then be followed by a tab and its explanation.

Compiling:

Use any Java IDE such as Eclipse to create a project and include the source code, then you can edit and re-compile the program.

Use make command to generate the jar package.

Author:

Cheng Chang 2016