NYT Spelling Bee Solver

spelling_bee.py

# Official Game: https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee
# Knockoff Game: https://spellsbee.com/
required = 'c' # The letter in the center of the hexagon.
possible = set(required+"terubh") # The letters around the center letter.
results = set()
with open('/usr/share/dict/words') as d:
	for line in d:
		line = line.strip().lower()
		if len(line) < 4:
			continue
		if required not in line:
			continue
		if not set(line).issubset(possible):
			continue
		if set(line) == possible:
			results.add("**** "+line+" ****") # Words that use all letters!
		else:
			results.add(line)

for result in sorted(results):
	print(result)