#!/usr/bin/perl # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11105638 use strict; use warnings; use Path::Tiny; my @letters = split //, 'aaaaaaaaabbccddddeeeeeeeeeeeeffgggghhiiiiiiiiijkllllmmnnnnnnooooooooppqrrrrrrssssttttttuuuuvvwwxyyz'; my @tiles = @letters[map rand @letters, 1 .. 9]; print "tiles: @tiles\n"; my $pattern = join '', map "$_?", sort @tiles; my @matches = grep join('', sort split //) =~ /^$pattern$/, grep /^[@tiles]{2,}\z/ && /[aeiouy]/, # lc, size & vowel path('/usr/share/dict/words')->lines({chomp => 1}); print "\nmatches:\n\n@matches\n";