py-wordsearch-gen - Word Search Generator
py-wordsearch-gen is a word search generator, originally written to generate a word search for distribution at the PSF booth at PyCon US 2025. It is incredibly simple to use and will generate a new word search with every run.
Installation
Installation is easy:
pip install py-wordsearch-gen
Usage
To use just run wordsearch from the command line.
usage: wordsearch.py [-h] [-w [WIDTH]] [-t [HEIGHT]] [-m [MIN_WORD]] [-d] [-r] [-k] [-x [EXCLUDED_LETTERS]] words [words ...]
Word Search Generator
positional arguments:
words List of words for the search.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-w, --width [WIDTH] Width of puzzle, (Default: 10)
-t, --height [HEIGHT]
Height of puzzle, If not set will be the same as the width (square puzzle.)
-m, --min [MIN_WORD] The minimum word length. Cannot be larger than the size of the grid. (Default: 4)
-d, --diagonal Allow words to be placed diagonally.
-r, --reverse Allow words to be placed backwards.
-k, --answer-key Print the answer key ahead of the puzzle.
-x, --exclude [EXCLUDED_LETTERS]
A list of letters to be excluded as fill. Defaults to 'JQXZ'
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