Wscli is a program to display word searches in the CLI. It can use several preexisting word lists, or you can provide your own. Enjoy!
Run the install script.
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gideonshaked/wscli/master/install.sh | bash
This will install wscli to ~/.local/bin
. It will also add a bash alias so that you can just use the command wscli
install of java <path to wscli.java>
.
❯ wscli --help
usage: wscli [-h] (-w <default words list> | -f <path to valid words file>)
Display a word search to the terminal.
arguments:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-w, --words Name of one of several default words lists that come with wscli.
Valid options: (animals, cars, countries, names, presidents)
-f, --file Path to valid custom words file. Must be one word per line with maximum 20 characters.
❯ wscli -w animals
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f c p k m u w d b a l d e a g l e t z
r h v d z a s p m u t a r a n t u l a y
z g z q h a q q f z j z k t k l u q u u
p p o l a r b e a r t r v s r u i r d
z b s i k d f g j v h y h v q a s l c b
x y e a x r h v g b j a l k m r w q h f
y d s m g i l a m o n s t e r k f b x
r k y q b b j l o v b y a f b a m a m s
m b u w a q y r s t f c u l x q r a m b
p k f h l q c e t z o e a k g c h k z w
k i t e o a z x g x v u y w t h o m a q
c y z r b f b b f h d r c i k e f w u x
i k a d e y p f u h u m c a r r l d w a
h h a c w s j m v i h s z n k d p l o
o b o b o l i n k s f r n s q f w h x d
j e f t u l w b j o t l e x z q b a k x
h o j m f k d w x p m j w u g r j l w g
l v p v p t j h z m b z t v t d s s r g
l x q q u s g h g z l a n d f o w l i p
f r b h g j z k y o e r k s c u j l i w
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Words: newt, kite, gila monster, asp, bald eagle, tarantula, polar bear, bobolink, landfowl, toucan, orca, arctic fox
❯ wscli -w cars
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h r f d b h r m p j w b k t e e z f d o
a o w a r k g p d s y k m e d t d r r b
u e a l u b a f s l b x a g t o i g m b
c o a a q c t p t x d y z f j l r x d v
o g l j c j b a u d i c d r v d r w t q
v e s e p y h u j b b g a d i s x j c z
h m q t e m y l b a k q e y o m v x a l
u w r j f p r l z t y v c w c o o z m i
m h m a l w d e i k p a e q b b l z l l
m w f i s m y m i b q x d x k i k u h g
e t f f b f h a s e l p m s w l s o f q
r p o o c p u x f u f e w i a e w v a z
g b l y r j t s d g r q i d y f a r f f
f u t o o d x i i c e s t d s f g q i s
m i g i b t j t u e u a y u m b e j i f
h c d k l o a r p z y s f o r f n f t b
r k e x m c y f u a s p i z k t d p v s
c p g f i p y f j l x e x k l f l s a x
m w v i d s t f q d g q c d o y d l p s
z d y g l x s p o r i j f z l r e z s p
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Words: mazda, hummer, volkswagen, oldsmobile, buick, gem, audi, ford, toyota, isuzu, mercury, kia