fun abc(s, ls): if ls.isempty: return true for i in indices(list) where s[end] in list[i]: return abc(s[:end-1], remove!(copy(list), at: i)) false let test = ["A", "BARK","BOOK","TREAT","COMMON","SQUAD","CONFUSE"] let ls = ["BO","XK","DQ","CP","NA","GT","RE","TG","QD","FS", "JW","HU","VI","AN","OB","ER","FS","LY","PC","ZM"] for s in test: print "($|>8|{s} ${abc(s, list)})"