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Imagine you are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern <code>E*G****R</code>. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in 'mt'? What are the most possible points you can score with an English word in Scrabble? | Imagine you are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern <code>E*G****R</code>. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in 'mt'? What are the most possible points you can score with an English word in Scrabble? | ||
Python is a great tool for answering many of these kinds of questions! This project involves using our first "real" dataset: a list of every | Python is a great tool for answering many of these kinds of questions! This project involves using our first "real" dataset: a list of every word in the English language from a scrabble dictionary. | ||
==#0 Setup== | ==#0 Setup== | ||
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* Download the following file that contains the project for the week: https://github.com/CommunityDataScienceCollective/wordplay-cdsw/archive/refs/heads/master.zip | * Download the following file that contains the project for the week: https://github.com/CommunityDataScienceCollective/wordplay-cdsw/archive/refs/heads/master.zip | ||
* Once you have downloaded the file, extract the contents of the file into a folder on your desktop. | * Once you have downloaded the file, extract the contents of the file into a folder on your desktop. | ||
* Open the file <code> | * Open the file <code>wordplay_examples.ipynb</code> as a Jupyter notebook and run the first cell to make sure that it works. | ||
== #1 | == #1 Alls well that ends well == | ||
# Find and print the words that end in "well" and be ready to tell me how many there are. | # Find and print the words that end in "well" and be ready to tell me how many there are. | ||
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# How about "gry"? | # How about "gry"? | ||
== # | == #2 Counting vowels == | ||
# How many words start with each vowel? Which is the common vowel to find at the beginning of a word? | # How many words start with each vowel? Which is the most common vowel to find at the beginning of a word? | ||
# Which is the most common vowel to find at the end of a word? | # Which is the most common vowel to find at the end of a word? | ||
# Find and print the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order. | # Find and print all the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order. | ||
== # | == #3 Disemvoweled == | ||
# Find and print the longest word that has no vowels. | # Find and print the longest word that has no vowels. | ||
== # | == #4 A cure for many ells == | ||
# Find | # Find and print the words that contain 4 or more 'l's. | ||
# How many are there? | # How many are there? | ||
== # | == #5 So long == | ||
# What is the longest word in the word list you've been given? How long is it? | # What is the longest word in the word list you've been given? How long is it? | ||
# Are there more than one word of that length? If so, tell me how many are that exactly that long. | # Are there more than one word of that length? If so, tell me how many are that exactly that long. | ||
== # | == #6 Palindromes == | ||
# Print out a list of every [[:wiki:palindrome|palindrome]] (a word that is the same reversed) that's over 6 letters in length. | # Print out a list of every [[:wiki:palindrome|palindrome]] (a word that is the same reversed) that's over 6 letters in length. | ||
# How many are there? | # How many are there? | ||
== # | == #7 Something fun == | ||
# Pick one other thing off this list of other interesting properties of English words in pages like [http://www.sporcle.com/games/imabanana/uncommonwords this quiz about English words with unusual properties] and write a Python problem to solve it. | # Pick one other thing off this list of other interesting properties of English words in pages like [http://www.sporcle.com/games/imabanana/uncommonwords this quiz about English words with unusual properties] and write a Python problem to solve it. | ||
[[Category:CDSW]] | [[Category:CDSW]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:54, 7 April 2023
Imagine you are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in 'mt'? What are the most possible points you can score with an English word in Scrabble?
Python is a great tool for answering many of these kinds of questions! This project involves using our first "real" dataset: a list of every word in the English language from a scrabble dictionary.
#0 Setup[edit]
- Download the following file that contains the project for the week: https://github.com/CommunityDataScienceCollective/wordplay-cdsw/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
- Once you have downloaded the file, extract the contents of the file into a folder on your desktop.
- Open the file
wordplay_examples.ipynbas a Jupyter notebook and run the first cell to make sure that it works.
#1 Alls well that ends well[edit]
- Find and print the words that end in "well" and be ready to tell me how many there are.
- How about "mt"?
- How about "gry"?
#2 Counting vowels[edit]
- How many words start with each vowel? Which is the most common vowel to find at the beginning of a word?
- Which is the most common vowel to find at the end of a word?
- Find and print all the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order.
#3 Disemvoweled[edit]
- Find and print the longest word that has no vowels.
#4 A cure for many ells[edit]
- Find and print the words that contain 4 or more 'l's.
- How many are there?
#5 So long[edit]
- What is the longest word in the word list you've been given? How long is it?
- Are there more than one word of that length? If so, tell me how many are that exactly that long.
#6 Palindromes[edit]
- Print out a list of every palindrome (a word that is the same reversed) that's over 6 letters in length.
- How many are there?
#7 Something fun[edit]
- Pick one other thing off this list of other interesting properties of English words in pages like this quiz about English words with unusual properties and write a Python problem to solve it.
