Helper tool to help build your starters for Jotto :)

jotto-starters.py

import string
import enchant

dictionary = enchant.Dict("en-US")

all_letters = string.ascii_lowercase;

def run():
    words = list()
    current_letters = all_letters;

    while True:
        print(" ".join(current_letters))
        command = input("Enter a word, exit or reset\n")
        
        if command == "exit":
            break

        if command == "reset":
            print(words)
            words = list()
            current_letters = all_letters
            continue

        if len(set(command)) != 5:
            print("Invalid jotto word")
            continue

        if not dictionary.check(command):
            print("Invalid english word")
            continue

        length = len(current_letters) 
        next_letters = sorted(set(current_letters).difference(set(command)))
        if length - len(next_letters) != 5:
            print("Repeated letters used")
            continue
        else:
            current_letters = next_letters
            words.append(command)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    run()

You need python3, pip3 install pyenchant first.

Example starters (thanks SteelixMega!!)

• crwth plums fidge banjo
• thong plums fiver bawdy
• xylem batch fjord pinks
• zloty swank chimp fudge
• qophs wacky glint femur