danmermel / cryptario

Cryptic crossword solver
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Use dictionary.isWord instead of looking up in the database #76

Open glynnbird opened 4 years ago

glynnbird commented 4 years ago

The dictionary.isWord function is quicker (and cheaper). Use it in preference to the one in utilities

danmermel commented 4 years ago

Loading anagrams dictionary looks slow... we think maybe we can shard the dictionary by something (like numbers of letters in the jumble

danmermel commented 4 years ago

So we have done this... But now we are wondering if the dictionary file could do with the same treatment....