object ABC_block_checker { fun run() { val blocks = arrayOf("BO", "XK", "DQ", "CP", "NA", "GT", "RE", "TG", "QD", "FS", "JW", "HU", "VI", "AN", "OB", "ER", "FS", "LY", "PC", "ZM") println("\"\": " + blocks.canMakeWord("")) val words = arrayOf("A", "BARK", "book", "treat", "COMMON", "SQuAd", "CONFUSE") for (w in words) println("$w: " + blocks.canMakeWord(w)) } private fun Array.swap(i: Int, j: Int) { val tmp = this[i] this[i] = this[j] this[j] = tmp } private fun Array.canMakeWord(word: String): Boolean { if (word.isEmpty()) return true val c = Character.toUpperCase(word.first()) var i = 0 forEach { b -> if (b.first().toUpperCase() == c || b[1].toUpperCase() == c) { swap(0, i) if (drop(1).toTypedArray().canMakeWord(word.substring(1))) return true swap(0, i) } i++ } return false } } fun main(args: Array) = ABC_block_checker.run()