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tptacek on March 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What are the "worst" spelling bee pangrams?

I've always assumed they generate the puzzle starting from a pangram.

spyspy on March 17, 2024 | [–]

That's exactly how it works. The script scanned the dictionary for pangrams and then built the puzzles from that list, filtering out pangrams that didn't meet the other rules for the game.

ddejohn on March 17, 2024 | [–]

This is the assumption I started with when I started building my clone.

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