Venn words

venn words.ipynb

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    "# load my list of words\n",
    "words = set(open('2of12.txt').read().split('\\n')[:-1])"
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    "from itertools import permutations,combinations,groupby\n",
    "\n",
    "# get words of at most 8 characters\n",
    "short_words = [word for word in words if len(word)<=8]\n",
    "\n",
    "# find pairs of words which form two parts of a bigger word\n",
    "pairs = set([(a,b) for a,b in permutations(q,2) if a+b in words])\n",
    "\n",
    "d = {a:list(b) for a,b in groupby(pairs,key=lambda x:x[0])}"
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      "south east ward | southeast southward eastward | southeastward\n",
      "ad o re | ado ore read | adore\n",
      "sh all ow | shall show allow | shallow\n",
      "re press ed | repress reed pressed | repressed\n",
      "north east ward | northeast northward eastward | northeastward\n",
      "pock mark ed | pockmark pocked marked | pockmarked\n",
      "dis agree able | disagree disable agreeable | disagreeable\n",
      "be fall en | befall been fallen | befallen\n"
     ]
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    "from itertools import permutations\n",
    "for a,b in pairs: #for every pair of words that combine\n",
    "    for _,c in d.get(b,[]): # for every third word that combines with b\n",
    "        if (a,c) in pairs or (c,a) in pairs: # if c combines with b\n",
    "            for three in [''.join(x) for x in permutations((a,b,c))]: # for every combination of a,b and c\n",
    "                if three in words: # if a+b+c is a word\n",
    "                    twos = [x+y for x,y in permutations((a,b,c),2) if x+y in words]\n",
    "                    print('{} {} {} | {} | {}'.format(a,b,c,' '.join(twos),three))"
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