##
my $wordlist = 'words.en.list'; # assumed English wordlist
my @words = ();
{
open my $words, '<', $wordlist or die "$wordlist: $! $^E";
while (<$words>) { push @words, $_ if m/$pat/ }
close $words;
}
####
sub count_letters ($) {
my $word = shift;
my %word = ();
$word{$_}++ for split //, $word;
return \%word;
}