use std::iter::repeat; fn rec_can_make_word(index: usize, word: &str, blocks: &[&str], used: &mut[bool]) -> bool { let c = word.chars().nth(index).unwrap().to_uppercase().next().unwrap(); for i in 0..blocks.len() { if !used[i] && blocks[i].chars().any(|s| s == c) { used[i] = true; if index == 0 || rec_can_make_word(index - 1, word, blocks, used) { return true; } used[i] = false; } } false } fn can_make_word(word: &str, blocks: &[&str]) -> bool { return rec_can_make_word(word.chars().count() - 1, word, blocks, &mut repeat(false).take(blocks.len()).collect::>()); } fn main() { let blocks = [("BO"), ("XK"), ("DQ"), ("CP"), ("NA"), ("GT"), ("RE"), ("TG"), ("QD"), ("FS"), ("JW"), ("HU"), ("VI"), ("AN"), ("OB"), ("ER"), ("FS"), ("LY"), ("PC"), ("ZM")]; let words = ["A", "BARK", "BOOK", "TREAT", "COMMON", "SQUAD", "CONFUSE"]; for word in &words { println!("{} -> {}", word, can_make_word(word, &blocks)) } }