Wordle Filter

wordle_filter.py

import subprocess

# read the dictionary file:
result = subprocess.run(['egrep', '^.{5}$', "/usr/share/dict/words"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
words = result.stdout.decode('utf-8').splitlines()

present = ['a', 'n', 'g', 't']  # letters that we know are in the word
not_present = ['o', 'i', 's', 'e', 'u']  # letters we know are not in the word

# filter words with all() and not any()
candidates = [word for word in words if 
    all([letter in word for letter in present]) and 
    not any([letter in word for letter in not_present])
]

print(candidates)