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Which antelope would score the most in Scrabble?
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ANTELOPES = [:addax,:antelope,:antilopine,:ariel,:blackbuck,:blaubok,:bluebuck,:bloubok,:blesbok,:blesbuck,:bok,:bongo,:bontebok,:boschbok,:boshbok,:bosbok,:bubal,:bubale,:bubalis,:bubaline,:cabrie,:cabrit,:chamois,:chikara,:chinkara,:chiru,:dikdik,:duiker,:duyker,:duikerbok,:dzeren,:eland,:gazelle,:gemsbok,:gemsbuck,:gerenuk,:gnu,:goa,:gooral,:goral,:grysbok,:hartbees,:hartebeest,:hartbeest,:impala,:inyala,:nyala,:kaama,:klipspringer,:kob,:kongoni,:koodoo,:kudu,:lechwe,:madoqua,:marshbuck,:mhorr,:mohr,:nagor,:nilgai,:nilgau,:nilghai,:nilghau,:nylghai,:nylghau,:oribi,:ourebi,:oryx,:palebuck,:pallah,:prongbuck,:pronghorn,:puku,:pygarg,:reebok,:rhebok,:reedbuck,:reitbok,:saiga,:sasin,:sassaby,:tsessebe,:serow,:shamois,:sitatunga,:situtunga,:springbok,:springbuck,:steenbok,:steinbok,:steinbock,:stembok,:stembuck,:steenbuck,:thar,:topi,:tragelaph,:antelope,:antilopine,:ariel,:blackbuck,:blaubok,:bluebuck,:bloubok,:blesbok,:blesbuck,:bok,:bongo,:bontebok,:boschbok,:boshbok,:bosbok,:bubal,:bubale,:bubalis,:bubaline,:cabrie,:cabrit,:chamois,:chikara,:chinkara,:chiru,:dikdik,:duiker,:duyker,:duikerbok,:dzeren,:eland,:gazelle,:gemsbok,:gemsbuck,:gerenuk,:gnu,:goa,:gooral,:goral,:grysbok,:hartbees,:hartebeest,:hartbeest,:impala,:inyala,:nyala,:kaama,:klipspringer,:kob,:kongoni,:koodoo,:kudu,:lechwe,:madoqua,:marshbuck,:mhorr,:mohr,:nagor,:nilgai,:nilgau,:nilghai,:nilghau,:nylghai,:nylghau,:oribi,:ourebi,:oryx,:palebuck,:pallah,:prongbuck,:pronghorn,:puku,:pygarg,:reebok,:rhebok,:reedbuck,:reitbok,:saiga,:sasin,:sassaby,:tsessebe,:serow,:shamois,:sitatunga,:situtunga,:springbok,:springbuck,:steenbok,:steinbok,:steinbock,:stembok,:stembuck,:steenbuck,:thar,:topi,:tragelaph,:waterbuck] | |
SCORES = {:a => 1, | |
:e => 1, | |
:o => 1, | |
:n => 1, | |
:r => 1, | |
:t => 1, | |
:l => 1, | |
:s => 1, | |
:u => 1, | |
:i => 1, | |
:d => 2, | |
:g => 2, | |
:b => 3, | |
:c => 3, | |
:m => 3, | |
:p => 3, | |
:f => 4, | |
:h => 4, | |
:v => 4, | |
:w => 4, | |
:y => 4, | |
:k => 5, | |
:j => 8, | |
:x => 8, | |
:q => 10, | |
:z => 10 | |
} | |
results = Hash.new | |
ANTELOPES.each do |antelope| | |
total = 0 | |
antelope.to_s.each_char {|c| total += SCORES[c.to_sym]} | |
results[antelope] = total | |
end | |
results.sort {|a,b| a.last <=> b.last}.each do |k,v| | |
puts "%3d %s" % [v,k] | |
end |
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4 gnu | |
4 goa | |
5 ariel | |
5 sasin | |
6 saiga | |
6 nagor | |
6 topi | |
6 goral | |
6 eland | |
7 thar | |
7 nilgai | |
7 gooral | |
7 oribi | |
7 nilgau | |
8 nyala | |
8 ourebi | |
8 serow | |
8 bongo | |
9 bubal | |
9 kudu | |
9 mohr | |
9 inyala | |
9 bok | |
9 kob | |
10 sitatunga | |
10 antelope | |
10 situtunga | |
10 cabrit | |
10 cabrie | |
10 bubale | |
10 impala | |
10 chiru | |
10 tsessebe | |
10 puku | |
10 mhorr | |
11 kaama | |
11 duiker | |
11 nilghai | |
11 pallah | |
11 nilghau | |
11 koodoo | |
11 bubalis | |
12 reebok | |
12 antilopine | |
12 sassaby | |
12 gerenuk | |
12 bubaline | |
12 kongoni | |
12 shamois | |
13 pygarg | |
13 reitbok | |
13 hartbees | |
14 addax | |
14 steinbok | |
14 oryx | |
14 nylghai | |
14 hartbeest | |
14 lechwe | |
14 chamois | |
14 bosbok | |
14 duyker | |
14 steenbok | |
14 nylghau | |
15 bloubok | |
15 stembok | |
15 rhebok | |
15 pronghorn | |
15 tragelaph | |
15 blesbok | |
15 blaubok | |
15 hartebeest | |
16 chikara | |
16 dikdik | |
16 bontebok | |
16 gemsbok | |
16 dzeren | |
17 chinkara | |
17 steenbuck | |
17 reedbuck | |
17 gazelle | |
17 grysbok | |
17 steinbock | |
18 palebuck | |
18 bluebuck | |
18 blesbuck | |
18 springbok | |
18 boshbok | |
18 stembuck | |
19 madoqua | |
19 gemsbuck | |
20 prongbuck | |
20 waterbuck | |
20 duikerbok | |
21 klipspringer | |
21 boschbok | |
21 springbuck | |
22 marshbuck ====> WINNER! | |
25 blackbuck ====> requires a blank for the second k, so would only score 20 |
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