I have a project: to create a small word finder game with Flex. The rules are simple: A word of more than seven letters is picked at random and you must find all the words of four or more letters from the letters of that word.

The first step was to find a good dictionary. I imported a word list with roughly 113,000 entries into a mysql database, and with a little help of regular expressions and looping php functions I've made the first step of my game: the back-end to pull the words. You can see below what I've done so far. No Flex-based interface and game yet, but I intend to use this php/mysql script as a back-end for the application:

• Enter a word in the field below or leave blank to load a random word:
  
  
  

Selected Word: ascription

• a -> 1
• c -> 1
• i -> 2
• n -> 1
• o -> 1
• p -> 1
• r -> 1
• s -> 1
• t -> 1

Selection of matching elements

Number of words found: 492
acini — acorn — acorns — actin — actins — action — actions — actor — actors — acts — ains — airn — airns — airpost — airs — airt — airts — aits — anis — anisic — anti — antic — antics — antis — ants — aorist — aoristic — aortic — aport — apricot — apricots — apron — aprons — arco — arcs — ariosi — aroint — aroints — arsino — arson — arts — asci — ascot — aspic — aspirin — astir — atonic — atonics — atop — atopic — atrip — atropin — atropins — cain — cains — cairn — cairns — cans — canso — canst — cant — canto — cantor — cantors — cantos — cantrip — cantrips — cants — capo — capon — capons — capos — caps — caption — captions — captor — captors — carn — carns — carotin — carotins — carp — carpi — carps — cars — cart — carton — cartons — cartop — carts — casino — cast — castor — cation — cations — catnip — catnips — cats — ciao — cion — cions — cist — cistron — citrin — citrins — citron — citrons — coapt — coapts — coast — coat — coati — coatis — coats — coin — coins — coir — coirs — coni — cons — contra — copra — copras — cops — coria — corn — corns — corps — cortin — cortins — cost — costa — costar — cotan — cotans — cots — crap — craps — craton — cratons — cris — crisp — crista — crop — crops — iatric — icon — icons — inapt — incisor — inia — instar — into — intro — intros — ionic — ionics — ions — iota — iotas — iris — iron — ironic — ironist — irons — isatin — naoi — naos — naps — narc — narcist — narco — narcos — narcs — naric — naris — nastic — nipa — nipas — nips — nisi — nitric — nitro — nitros — nits — noir — noria — norias — noritic — nota — oars — oast — oats — ocas — ontic — opsin — optic — optician — opticians — optics — opts — orca — orcas — orcin — orcins — orcs — ornis — orpin — orpins — orts — osar — ostia — otic — pacs — pact — paction — pactions — pacts — pain — pains — paint — paints — pair — pairs — panic — panics — pans — pant — pants — paris — parotic — pars — parson — parsonic — part — parton — partons — parts — past — pastor — patin — patins — patio — patios — patois — patron — patrons — pats — pian — pianic — pianist — piano — pianos — pians — pias — pica — picaro — picaros — picas — picot — picots — pics — pina — pinas — pins — pint — pinta — pintas — pinto — pintos — pints — pion — pionic — pions — piratic — pirn — pirns — piscator — piscina — piston — pita — pitas — piton — pitons — pits — point — points — pois — pons — porn — porns — port — ports — posit — post — postin — pots — prao — praos — prat — prats — print — prints — prison — proa — proas — pros — prosaic — prosit — prost — psoai — ptisan — racist — racon — racons — rain — rains — raisin — rani — ranis — rant — rants — rapist — raps — rapt — rasp — ratio — ration — rations — ratios — rato — ratos — rats — riant — ricin — ricins — rins — riot — riots — ripost — rips — roan — roans — roast — rocs — rosin — rota — rotas — rots — sain — saint — santir — sapor — sari — sarin — sati — satin — satiric — satori — scan — scant — scar — scarp — scart — scat — scion — scop — scoria — scorn — scot — scotia — scrap — scrip — script — scrota — sinopia — sitar — siti — snap — snip — snit — snort — snot — soap — soar — sonar — sonic — soprani — sora — sori — soritic — sorn — sort — spait — span — spar — spat — spic — spica — spin — spinor — spirant — spirit — spirt — spit — sport — spot — sprain — sprat — sprint — sprit — stain — stair — star — stir — stirp — stoa — stoai — stoic — stop — strain — strap — stria — strip — strop — taco — tacos — tain — tains — tans — taos — tapir — tapirs — tapis — taps — tarn — tarns — taro — taroc — tarocs — taros — tarp — tarpon — tarpons — tarps — tars — tarsi — tics — tins — tipi — tipis — tips — tiro — tiros — tocsin — tonic — tonics — tons — topi — topic — topics — topis — tops — tora — toras — torc — torcs — tori — toric — torii — torn — tors — torsi — train — trains — trans — trap — traps — trio — trios — trip — tripos — trips — trois — trona — tronas — trop — tropic — tropics — tropin — tropins — tsar —

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