NYT Strands Solver

NYT Strands Solver is a tool to help find words and solutions in the NYT Strands puzzle and descramble hints. The program has two forms: a command-line interface and a webpage. The code to solve the puzzle is written in C++ and the webpage uses WebAssembly to run this code and JavaScript to handle rendering and user input.

To try the webpage application go to adamweb137.github.io/nyt-strands-solver/.

Compilation

Compiling the will require using c++20. First, move inside the cpp subdirectory.

Command line interface

At the terminal run g++ --std=c++20 solve2.cpp puzzleword.cpp strandsboard.cpp strands.cpp util.cpp memory.cpp -o strands.o.

Webpage

Emscripten must be installed. Find where webidl_binder is installed and run /path/to/webidl_binder idl_interface.idl ../glue. Then run em++ --std=c++20 puzzleword.cpp memory.cpp solve2.cpp strandsboard.cpp util.cpp glue_wrapper.cpp -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH --preload-file words --post-js ../glue.js -o ../strands.js.