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[cas-master-teacher-training.git] / hangman-better.ipynb
index 96c61fe786d71be1d42661beb4e49de12ccf2f16..20a12e03e4eb6ebebb04a351612e4093ee64f41c 100644 (file)
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      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
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+     "prompt_number": 3
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "        self.game_lost = False\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def find_all(self, letter):\n",
-      "        locations = []\n",
-      "        starting=0\n",
-      "        location = self.target.find(letter)\n",
-      "        while location > -1:\n",
-      "            locations += [location]\n",
-      "            starting = location + 1\n",
-      "            location = self.target.find(letter, starting)\n",
-      "        return locations\n",
+      "        return [p for p, l in enumerate(self.target) if l == letter]\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def update_discovered_word(self, guessed_letter):\n",
       "        locations = self.find_all(guessed_letter)\n",
       "        return guess\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def play_game(self):\n",
-      "        self.do_turn()\n",
       "        while not self.game_finished:\n",
       "            self.do_turn()\n",
       "        if not self.player:\n",
       "        \n",
       "    def guess(self, discovered, missed, lives):\n",
       "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
-      "        self.ordered_subtract(guessed_letters)\n",
-      "        return self.ordered_letters[0]\n",
-      "\n",
-      "    def ordered_subtract(self, to_remove):\n",
-      "        for r in to_remove:\n",
-      "            if r in self.ordered_letters:\n",
-      "                ri = self.ordered_letters.index(r)\n",
-      "                self.ordered_letters = self.ordered_letters[:ri] + self.ordered_letters[ri+1:]"
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
       "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAlphabetical())\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "55\n"
+        "50\n",
+        "59"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "53"
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+      {
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+        "49"
+       ]
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+      {
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "42"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
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+        "43"
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+        "48"
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+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
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+        "\n",
+        "40"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "46"
+       ]
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+        "53"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "43"
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+        "\n",
+        "40"
+       ]
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+        "53"
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "41"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "10 loops, best of 3: 64.2 ms per loop\n"
+       ]
+      }
+     ],
+     "prompt_number": 54
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "code",
+     "collapsed": false,
+     "input": [
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerFreqOrdered())\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins)"
+     ],
+     "language": "python",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "outputs": [
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
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+       "text": [
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+        "342"
+       ]
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+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "318"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "313"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
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+        "353"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "304"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
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+        "335"
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+        "307"
+       ]
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+        "314"
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+        "310"
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+        "313"
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+        "318"
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+        "314"
+       ]
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+        "324"
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+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
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+        "335"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "335"
+       ]
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+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
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+        "343"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "342"
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "318"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "306"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "353"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "332"
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+        "330"
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+        "334"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "307"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "306"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "10 loops, best of 3: 96.2 ms per loop\n"
+       ]
+      }
+     ],
+     "prompt_number": 56
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "code",
+     "collapsed": false,
+     "input": [
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerFixedOrder(list(reversed(string.ascii_lowercase))))\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins)"
+     ],
+     "language": "python",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "outputs": [
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "7\n",
+        "5"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "6"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "7"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "7"
+       ]
+      },
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+        "10"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "8"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "5"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "5"
+       ]
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "3"
+       ]
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "8"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "13"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "8"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "10"
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+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "6"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
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+        "\n",
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "8"
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+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "7"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "9"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "10"
+       ]
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+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "6"
+       ]
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "7"
+       ]
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+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "6"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "4"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "6"
+       ]
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+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "3"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "7"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "7"
        ]
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-    },
-    {
-     "cell_type": "code",
-     "collapsed": false,
-     "input": [
-      "wins = 0\n",
-      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerFreqOrdered())\n",
-      "    g.play_game()\n",
-      "    if g.game_won:\n",
-      "        wins += 1\n",
-      "print(wins)"
-     ],
-     "language": "python",
-     "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": [
+      },
       {
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "336\n"
+        "\n",
+        "10"
        ]
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-     ],
-     "prompt_number": 9
-    },
-    {
-     "cell_type": "code",
-     "collapsed": false,
-     "input": [
-      "wins = 0\n",
-      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerFixedOrder(list(reversed(string.ascii_lowercase))))\n",
-      "    g.play_game()\n",
-      "    if g.game_won:\n",
-      "        wins += 1\n",
-      "print(wins)"
-     ],
-     "language": "python",
-     "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": [
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "11"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "6"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "4"
+       ]
+      },
       {
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "4\n"
+        "\n",
+        "10 loops, best of 3: 74.6 ms per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 10
+     "prompt_number": 57
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 17
+     "prompt_number": 11
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       {
        "metadata": {},
        "output_type": "pyout",
-       "prompt_number": 18,
+       "prompt_number": 12,
        "text": [
         "Counter({'s': 91332, 'e': 88692, 'i': 66900, 'a': 64468, 'r': 57460, 'n': 57128, 't': 52949, 'o': 49121, 'l': 40995, 'c': 31854, 'd': 28505, 'u': 26372, 'g': 22693, 'm': 22549, 'p': 22249, 'h': 19337, 'b': 15540, 'y': 12652, 'f': 10679, 'k': 8386, 'v': 8000, 'w': 7505, 'x': 2125, 'z': 2058, 'j': 1950, 'q': 1536})"
        ]
       }
      ],
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     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 19
+     "prompt_number": 13
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "451\n"
+        "440\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 20
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     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "        if not self.candidate_words:\n",
       "            self.set_ordered_letters(len(discovered))\n",
       "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
-      "        self.ordered_subtract(guessed_letters)\n",
-      "        return self.ordered_letters[0]\n",
-      "\n",
-      "    def ordered_subtract(self, to_remove):\n",
-      "        for r in to_remove:\n",
-      "            if r in self.ordered_letters:\n",
-      "                ri = self.ordered_letters.index(r)\n",
-      "                self.ordered_letters = self.ordered_letters[:ri] + self.ordered_letters[ri+1:]\n",
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def set_ordered_letters(self, word_len):\n",
       "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.all_words if len(w) == word_len]\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "485\n"
+        "474\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
       "        self.filter_candidate_words(discovered)\n",
       "        self.set_ordered_letters()\n",
       "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
-      "        self.ordered_subtract(guessed_letters)\n",
-      "        return self.ordered_letters[0]\n",
-      "\n",
-      "    def ordered_subtract(self, to_remove):\n",
-      "        for r in to_remove:\n",
-      "            if r in self.ordered_letters:\n",
-      "                ri = self.ordered_letters.index(r)\n",
-      "                self.ordered_letters = self.ordered_letters[:ri] + self.ordered_letters[ri+1:]\n",
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered):\n",
       "        exp = re.compile('^' + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$')\n",
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 51
+     "prompt_number": 35
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "985\n"
+        "982\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 52
+     "prompt_number": 36
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 50
+     "prompt_number": 37
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "        self.filter_candidate_words(missed)\n",
       "        self.set_ordered_letters()\n",
       "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
-      "        self.ordered_subtract(guessed_letters)\n",
-      "        return self.ordered_letters[0]\n",
-      "\n",
-      "    def ordered_subtract(self, to_remove):\n",
-      "        for r in to_remove:\n",
-      "            if r in self.ordered_letters:\n",
-      "                ri = self.ordered_letters.index(r)\n",
-      "                self.ordered_letters = self.ordered_letters[:ri] + self.ordered_letters[ri+1:]\n",
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, missed):\n",
       "        if missed:\n",
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 62
+     "prompt_number": 38
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "491\n"
+        "502\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 63
+     "prompt_number": 39
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "code",
+     "collapsed": false,
+     "input": [
+      "class PlayerAdaptivePattern:\n",
+      "    def __init__(self, words):\n",
+      "        self.candidate_words = words\n",
+      "        \n",
+      "    def guess(self, discovered, missed, lives):\n",
+      "        self.filter_candidate_words(discovered, missed)\n",
+      "        self.set_ordered_letters()\n",
+      "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]\n",
+      "    \n",
+      "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
+      "        attempted_letters = list(set(l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters))\n",
+      "        if attempted_letters:\n",
+      "            exclusion_pattern = '[^' + ''.join(attempted_letters) + ']'\n",
+      "        else:\n",
+      "            exclusion_pattern = '.'\n",
+      "        exp = re.compile('^' + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', exclusion_pattern) + '$')\n",
+      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]\n",
+      "        \n",
+      "    def set_ordered_letters(self):\n",
+      "        counts = collections.Counter(l.lower() for l in ''.join(self.candidate_words) if l in string.ascii_letters)\n",
+      "        self.ordered_letters = [p[0] for p in counts.most_common()]\n"
+     ],
+     "language": "python",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "outputs": [],
+     "prompt_number": 40
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "g.player.candidate_words"
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins)"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [
       {
-       "metadata": {},
-       "output_type": "pyout",
-       "prompt_number": 59,
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "['a']"
+        "993\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 59
+     "prompt_number": 41
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "g.wrong_letters"
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins)"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [
       {
-       "metadata": {},
-       "output_type": "pyout",
-       "prompt_number": 61,
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "994\n",
+        "993"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "987"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "993"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "['a']"
+        "\n",
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 30.6 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 61
+     "prompt_number": 42
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptivePattern:\n",
+      "class PlayerAdaptive:\n",
       "    def __init__(self, words):\n",
       "        self.candidate_words = words\n",
       "        \n",
       "        self.filter_candidate_words(discovered, missed)\n",
       "        self.set_ordered_letters()\n",
       "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
-      "        self.ordered_subtract(guessed_letters)\n",
-      "        return self.ordered_letters[0]\n",
-      "\n",
-      "    def ordered_subtract(self, to_remove):\n",
-      "        for r in to_remove:\n",
-      "            if r in self.ordered_letters:\n",
-      "                ri = self.ordered_letters.index(r)\n",
-      "                self.ordered_letters = self.ordered_letters[:ri] + self.ordered_letters[ri+1:]\n",
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
-      "        if missed:\n",
-      "            exclusion_pattern = '(?!.*[' + ''.join(missed) + '])'\n",
-      "        else:\n",
-      "            exclusion_pattern = ''\n",
-      "        exp = re.compile('^' + exclusion_pattern + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$')\n",
-      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]\n",
+      "        pass\n",
       "        \n",
       "    def set_ordered_letters(self):\n",
-      "        counts = collections.Counter(l.lower() for l in ''.join(self.candidate_words) if l in string.ascii_letters)\n",
+      "        counts = collections.Counter(l.lower() \n",
+      "                                     for l in ''.join(self.candidate_words) + string.ascii_lowercase \n",
+      "                                     if l in string.ascii_letters)\n",
       "        self.ordered_letters = [p[0] for p in counts.most_common()]"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 109
+     "prompt_number": 43
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "def fcw(words, discovered, missed):\n",
-      "    if missed:\n",
-      "        exclusion_pattern = '(?!.*[' + ''.join(missed) + '])'\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        exclusion_pattern = ''\n",
-      "    exp = re.compile('^' + exclusion_pattern + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$')\n",
-      "    return [w for w in words if exp.match(w)]"
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveLength(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "    def __init__(self, words):\n",
+      "        super().__init__(words)\n",
+      "        self.word_len = None\n",
+      "        self.ordered_letters = None\n",
+      "        \n",
+      "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
+      "        if not self.word_len:\n",
+      "            self.word_len = len(discovered)\n",
+      "            self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if len(w) == self.word_len]\n",
+      "    \n",
+      "    def set_ordered_letters(self):\n",
+      "        if not self.ordered_letters:\n",
+      "            super().set_ordered_letters()"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 97
+     "prompt_number": 44
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "def fcwp(discovered, missed):\n",
-      "    if missed:\n",
-      "        exclusion_pattern = '(?!.*[' + ''.join(missed) + '])'\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        exclusion_pattern = ''\n",
-      "    return '^' + exclusion_pattern + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$'"
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLetters(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
+      "        exp = re.compile('^' + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$')\n",
+      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 102
+     "prompt_number": 45
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "fcwp(['h', '_', 'p', '_'], ['x', 'w'])"
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveExcludedLetters(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
+      "        if missed:\n",
+      "            exp = re.compile('^[^' + ''.join(missed) + ']*$')\n",
+      "            self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]        "
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": [
-      {
-       "metadata": {},
-       "output_type": "pyout",
-       "prompt_number": 103,
-       "text": [
-        "'^(?!.*[xw])h.p.$'"
-       ]
-      }
-     ],
-     "prompt_number": 103
+     "outputs": [],
+     "prompt_number": 46
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "re.match('^(?!.*[xw])h.p.$', 'hwpe')"
+      "class PlayerAdaptivePattern(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
+      "        attempted_letters = [l for l in discovered if l != '_'] + missed\n",
+      "        if attempted_letters:\n",
+      "            exclusion_pattern = '[^' + ''.join(attempted_letters) + ']'\n",
+      "        else:\n",
+      "            exclusion_pattern = '.'\n",
+      "        exp = re.compile('^' + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', exclusion_pattern) + '$')\n",
+      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 101
+     "prompt_number": 47
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "re.match('^(?!.*[xw])h.p.$', 'hape')"
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveLength(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins)"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [
       {
-       "metadata": {},
-       "output_type": "pyout",
-       "prompt_number": 104,
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "479\n",
+        "455"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "460"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "498"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 4), match='hape'>"
+        "\n",
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 15.9 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 104
+     "prompt_number": 48
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "fcw(WORDS, ['h', '_', 'p', '_'], ['x', 'w', 's'])"
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLetters(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins)"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [
       {
-       "metadata": {},
-       "output_type": "pyout",
-       "prompt_number": 108,
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "981\n",
+        "983"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "980"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "['hope', 'hype', 'hypo']"
+        "\n",
+        "980"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 36.9 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 108
+     "prompt_number": 49
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
+      "%%timeit\n",
+      "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveExcludedLetters(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
       "    if g.game_won:\n",
       "        wins += 1\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "992\n"
+        "521\n",
+        "484"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "491"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "518"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "\n",
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 7min 18s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 110
+     "prompt_number": 50
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLetters(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
       "    if g.game_won:\n",
       "        wins += 1\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "984\n",
-        "979"
+        "987\n",
+        "988"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "982"
+        "996"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "979"
+        "995"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 52.9 s per loop\n"
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 31.1 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 111
+     "prompt_number": 51
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "%%timeit\n",
-      "\n",
-      "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
       "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
-      "    if g.game_won:\n",
-      "        wins += 1\n",
-      "print(wins)"
+      "    if not g.game_won:\n",
+      "        print(g.target, g.discovered, g.wrong_letters)"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "986\n",
-        "991"
+        "naked ['_', 'a', '_', 'e', 'd'] ['s', 'r', 'w', 'c', 't', 'g', 'l', 'f', 'p', 'm']\n",
+        "wound"
        ]
       },
       {
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "\n",
-        "989"
+        " ['_', 'o', 'u', 'n', 'd'] ['s', 'e', 'a', 'y', 'p', 'm', 'f', 'h', 'b', 'r']\n",
+        "hut"
        ]
       },
       {
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "\n",
-        "989"
+        " ['_', 'u', 't'] ['a', 'o', 'e', 'i', 'b', 'g', 'n', 'p', 'm', 'c']\n",
+        "fucker"
        ]
       },
       {
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 44.7 s per loop\n"
+        " ['_', 'u', '_', '_', 'e', 'r'] ['d', 's', 'i', 'a', 'o', 't', 'b', 'n', 'm', 'l']\n",
+        "fox"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['_', 'o', '_'] ['a', 't', 'b', 'd', 'w', 'p', 'n', 's', 'g', 'y']\n",
+        "wills"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['_', 'i', 'l', 'l', 's'] ['e', 'o', 'a', 'g', 'p', 'm', 'k', 'f', 'h', 'd']\n",
+        "bunny"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['_', 'u', 'n', 'n', 'y'] ['s', 'e', 'a', 'o', 'i', 'm', 'l', 'g', 'f', 't']\n",
+        "curving"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['c', 'u', '_', '_', 'i', 'n', 'g'] ['e', 'a', 'o', 'l', 's', 'f', 'p', 'b', 't', 'm']\n",
+        "hoe"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['_', 'o', '_'] ['a', 't', 'b', 'd', 'w', 'p', 'n', 's', 'g', 'y']\n",
+        "butt"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['_', 'u', '_', '_'] ['e', 's', 'o', 'a', 'i', 'l', 'f', 'r', 'n', 'm']\n",
+        "mucked"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['_', 'u', '_', '_', 'e', 'd'] ['a', 'o', 'i', 'l', 's', 't', 'f', 'p', 'g', 'b']\n",
+        "flaw"
+       ]
+      },
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        " ['f', 'l', 'a', '_'] ['e', 's', 'o', 'r', 'y', 'g', 'k', 'x', 'p', 'n']\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 112
+     "prompt_number": 52
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptive:\n",
+      "iterations = 10000\n",
+      "wins = 0\n",
+      "for _ in range(iterations):\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g.play_game()\n",
+      "    if g.game_won:\n",
+      "        wins += 1\n",
+      "print(wins / iterations)"
+     ],
+     "language": "python",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "outputs": [
+      {
+       "output_type": "stream",
+       "stream": "stdout",
+       "text": [
+        "0.9936\n"
+       ]
+      }
+     ],
+     "prompt_number": 53
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "code",
+     "collapsed": false,
+     "input": [
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveNoRegex:\n",
       "    def __init__(self, words):\n",
       "        self.candidate_words = words\n",
       "        \n",
       "        self.filter_candidate_words(discovered, missed)\n",
       "        self.set_ordered_letters()\n",
       "        guessed_letters = [l.lower() for l in discovered + missed if l in string.ascii_letters]\n",
-      "        self.ordered_subtract(guessed_letters)\n",
-      "        return self.ordered_letters[0]\n",
-      "\n",
-      "    def ordered_subtract(self, to_remove):\n",
-      "        for r in to_remove:\n",
-      "            if r in self.ordered_letters:\n",
-      "                ri = self.ordered_letters.index(r)\n",
-      "                self.ordered_letters = self.ordered_letters[:ri] + self.ordered_letters[ri+1:]\n",
+      "        return [l for l in self.ordered_letters if l not in guessed_letters][0]\n",
       "    \n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
       "        pass\n",
       "        counts = collections.Counter(l.lower() \n",
       "                                     for l in ''.join(self.candidate_words) + string.ascii_lowercase \n",
       "                                     if l in string.ascii_letters)\n",
-      "        self.ordered_letters = [p[0] for p in counts.most_common()]"
+      "        self.ordered_letters = [p[0] for p in counts.most_common()]\n",
+      "\n",
+      "    def match(self, pattern, target, excluded=None):\n",
+      "        if not excluded:\n",
+      "            excluded = ''\n",
+      "        if len(pattern) != len(target):\n",
+      "            return False\n",
+      "        for m, c in zip(pattern, target):\n",
+      "            if m == '_' and c not in excluded:\n",
+      "                # true\n",
+      "                pass\n",
+      "            elif m != '_' and m == c:\n",
+      "                # true\n",
+      "                pass\n",
+      "            else:\n",
+      "                return False\n",
+      "        return True        "
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 174
+     "prompt_number": 59
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptiveLength(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveLengthNoRegex(PlayerAdaptiveNoRegex):\n",
       "    def __init__(self, words):\n",
       "        super().__init__(words)\n",
       "        self.word_len = None\n",
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 175
-    },
-    {
-     "cell_type": "code",
-     "collapsed": false,
-     "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLetters(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
-      "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
-      "        exp = re.compile('^' + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$')\n",
-      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]"
-     ],
-     "language": "python",
-     "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 176
+     "prompt_number": 60
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptiveExcludedLetters(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLettersNoRegex(PlayerAdaptiveNoRegex):\n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
-      "        if missed:\n",
-      "            exp = re.compile('^[^' + ''.join(missed) + ']*$')\n",
-      "            self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]        "
+      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if self.match(discovered, w)]"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 177
+     "prompt_number": 61
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptivePatternNegLookahead(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "class PlayerAdaptiveExcludedLettersNoRegex(PlayerAdaptiveNoRegex):\n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
       "        if missed:\n",
-      "            exclusion_pattern = '(?!.*[' + ''.join(missed) + '])'\n",
-      "        else:\n",
-      "            exclusion_pattern = ''\n",
-      "        exp = re.compile('^' + exclusion_pattern + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', '.') + '$')\n",
-      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]"
+      "            empty_target = '_' * len(discovered)\n",
+      "            self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if self.match(empty_target, w, missed)]        "
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 195
+     "prompt_number": 66
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "class PlayerAdaptivePattern(PlayerAdaptive):\n",
+      "class PlayerAdaptivePatternNoRegex(PlayerAdaptiveNoRegex):\n",
       "    def filter_candidate_words(self, discovered, missed):\n",
       "        attempted_letters = [l for l in discovered if l != '_'] + missed\n",
-      "        if attempted_letters:\n",
-      "            exclusion_pattern = '[^' + ''.join(attempted_letters) + ']'\n",
-      "        else:\n",
-      "            exclusion_pattern = '.'\n",
-      "        exp = re.compile('^' + ''.join(discovered).replace('_', exclusion_pattern) + '$')\n",
-      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if exp.match(w)]"
+      "        self.candidate_words = [w for w in self.candidate_words if self.match(discovered, w, attempted_letters)]"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [],
-     "prompt_number": 196
+     "prompt_number": 67
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveLength(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveLengthNoRegex(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
       "    if g.game_won:\n",
       "        wins += 1\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "453\n",
-        "494"
+        "471\n",
+        "492"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "505"
+        "502"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "477"
+        "469"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 24.3 s per loop\n"
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 16 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 179
+     "prompt_number": 69
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLetters(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveIncludedLettersNoRegex(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
       "    if g.game_won:\n",
       "        wins += 1\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "984\n",
-        "983"
+        "978\n",
+        "979"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "985"
+        "983"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "982"
+        "979"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 52.9 s per loop\n"
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 48 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 180
+     "prompt_number": 70
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveExcludedLetters(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptiveExcludedLettersNoRegex(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
       "    if g.game_won:\n",
       "        wins += 1\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "535\n",
-        "509"
+        "582\n",
+        "595"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "519"
+        "587"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "507"
+        "611"
        ]
       },
       {
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 11min 14s per loop\n"
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 4min 59s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 181
+     "prompt_number": 71
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
       "\n",
       "wins = 0\n",
       "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
+      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePatternNoRegex(WORDS))\n",
       "    g.play_game()\n",
       "    if g.game_won:\n",
       "        wins += 1\n",
        "output_type": "stream",
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
-        "993\n",
-        "990"
-       ]
-      },
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        "\n",
+        "991\n",
         "992"
        ]
       },
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "994"
-       ]
-      },
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 44.1 s per loop\n"
-       ]
-      }
-     ],
-     "prompt_number": 197
-    },
-    {
-     "cell_type": "code",
-     "collapsed": false,
-     "input": [
-      "%%timeit\n",
-      "\n",
-      "wins = 0\n",
-      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePatternNegLookahead(WORDS))\n",
-      "    g.play_game()\n",
-      "    if g.game_won:\n",
-      "        wins += 1\n",
-      "print(wins)"
-     ],
-     "language": "python",
-     "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": [
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        "989\n",
         "993"
        ]
       },
        "stream": "stdout",
        "text": [
         "\n",
-        "993"
-       ]
-      },
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        "\n",
-        "1 loops, best of 3: 46 s per loop\n"
-       ]
-      }
-     ],
-     "prompt_number": 198
-    },
-    {
-     "cell_type": "code",
-     "collapsed": false,
-     "input": [
-      "for _ in range(1000):\n",
-      "    g = Game(random.choice(WORDS), player=PlayerAdaptivePattern(WORDS))\n",
-      "    g.play_game()\n",
-      "    if not g.game_won:\n",
-      "        print(g.target, g.discovered, g.wrong_letters)"
-     ],
-     "language": "python",
-     "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": [
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        "rutted ['_', 'u', 't', 't', 'e', 'd'] ['a', 'o', 'i', 'l', 's', 'g', 'b', 'j', 'n', 'p']\n",
-        "cur"
-       ]
-      },
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        " ['_', 'u', '_'] ['a', 'o', 'e', 'i', 'b', 'g', 'n', 'm', 'p', 't']\n",
-        "wiles"
-       ]
-      },
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        " ['_', 'i', '_', 'e', 's'] ['a', 'm', 'n', 'v', 't', 'r', 'k', 'f', 'p', 'd']\n",
-        "oak"
-       ]
-      },
-      {
-       "output_type": "stream",
-       "stream": "stdout",
-       "text": [
-        " ['_', 'a', '_'] ['t', 'p', 'g', 'w', 'd', 'y', 'r', 'm', 'b', 's']\n"
+        "1 loops, best of 3: 37.9 s per loop\n"
        ]
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 217
+     "prompt_number": 72
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "input": [],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
-     "outputs": []
+     "outputs": [],
+     "prompt_number": 72
     }
    ],
    "metadata": {}