I had exactly that mistake during the round. Sean also discards jwvhww wwwhuw jwhjww hwuhww
because they *don't* match _ w _ _ _ w if they would have been the words, other ws would have been discovered. Carlos Guía On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Eugene <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone explain, > > Round 1A 2011, "B" The Killer Word, > practice contest, small input (B-small-practice.in) case #8, the > second list ("iwrdqtmplkvuechnoxsgzyjbaf", relevant letters here > "wvuhj") > > WHY "jwjjjw" scores 1 (according to winner's solutions), not 3? > > I feel like I failed "B" solely because I'm mistaking Sean's strategy: > > 1. After the first guess "w", there are 6 words left (matching _w___w) > jwjjjw > jwhujw > jwvhww * > wwwhuw > jwhjww > hwuhww > > 2. "v" is the second guess, that rules out the word with asterisk, and > 5 words remain, +1 score > > 3. Sean moves to "u", and has to guess it as there are words > containing it! That will give another +1 score. What I am missing? How > do you solve it with 1 point? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
