#!/usr/bin/perl

# https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11105638

use strict;
use warnings;
use Path::Tiny;

my @words = grep /^[a-z]{4,}\z/ && /[aeiouy]/,        # lc, size & vow
+el
  path('/usr/share/dict/words')->lines({chomp => 1});
my @tiles = map +('a' .. 'z')[rand 26], 1 .. 9;
print "tiles: @tiles\n";
my @matches;

my $pattern = join '', map "$_?", sort @tiles;
for my $word ( @words )
  {
  if( join('', sort split //, $word) =~ /^$pattern$/ )
    {
    push @matches, $word;
    }
  }
print "\nmatches:\n\n@matches\n";

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Typical output: 

tiles: h l n l q g a l o

matches:

along gall gallon goal hall halo halon hang hogan llano loan loll long

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In reply to Re: using perl to find words for scrabble by tybalt89
in thread using perl to find words for scrabble by Aldebaran

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