JUMBLE solver

jumble_solver.py

'''Script for solving those pesky newspaper jumbles

Sample usage:

$ python jumble_solver.py SWARLP
sprawl

'''

import random
import sys


def jumble(word):
        used = []
        while len(used) != len(word):
                pos = random.randint(0, len(word)-1)
                if pos not in used:
                        used.append(pos)

        result = ''
        for i in used:
                result += word[i]
        return result


def solve(word):
        fp = open('/usr/share/dict/words', 'r')
        words = fp.read()
        fp.close()
        words = words.split("\n")
        word = word.lower()
        while True:
                j = jumble(word)
                if j in words:
                        return j


def main():
        word = sys.argv[1]
        print solve(word)


main()