# wordgame.py

words = [ line.strip() for line in open( 'ospd.txt' ) ]

words5 = [ line.strip() for line in open( 'ospd.txt' ) if len( line ) == 6 ]
# note each five-letter word will be len() six due to '\n' at the end

words2 = [ x for x in words if len( x ) == 2 ]
words4 = [ x for x in words if len( x ) == 4 ]
# etc.

def generatePermutations( word ):
    if len( word ) <= 1:
        yield word
    else:
        for p in generatePermutations( word[1:] ):
            for i in range( len( p ) + 1 ):
                yield p[:i] + word[0] + p[i:]

word = 'spot'
generatePermutations( word )

# we'll revisit this next class...