beat_llm.py

# download `https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/raw/refs/heads/master/words_alpha.txt`
# and save it as `words_alpha.txt` in the same directory as this notebook
import os
import requests

if not os.path.exists('words_alpha.txt'):
    url = 'https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/raw/refs/heads/master/words_alpha.txt'

    r = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)
    open('words_alpha.txt', 'wb').write(r.content)

# read the words from the file
with open('words_alpha.txt') as f:
    words = f.read().splitlines()
# this function counts the number of a given letter in a word
def count_letter(word, letter):
    return word.count(letter)

# # let's test this function
# word = 'hello'
# letter = 'l'
# print(count_letter(word, letter)) # should print 2

# this function finds the words that have the most number of a given letter from a given word list
def find_most_letter(words, letter):
    max_count = 0
    max_words = []
    for word in words:
        count = count_letter(word, letter)
        if count > max_count:
            max_count = count
            max_words = [word]
        elif count == max_count:
            max_words.append(word)
    return max_words

# # let's test this function
# letter = 'l'
# print(find_most_letter(words[:100], letter)) 

# i want to find the words that have the most number of "h" in them.
# once the words are found, print them one line at a time with the number of "h" in them next to them.
while True:
    letter = input("Enter a letter: ")

    if letter.strip().lower() == "exit":
        break

    if not letter.isalpha():
        print("Please enter a valid letter.")
        continue

    max_words = find_most_letter(words, letter)

    for word in max_words:
        print(word, count_letter(word, letter))