Leetcode 2868. The Wording Game
Given a list of words where players alternate picking unused words that start with the last letter of the previous word, determine whether the first player can force a win, loss, or draw under optimal play. The core challenge is to model the words as a directed graph (edges by matching letters) and apply game-theory graph analysis (retrograde DP, SCC/condensation and Grundy-like reasoning) to compute winning/losing/drawing states.
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Early March, 2026
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Guessing game - where 1 player guesses the other players word from a bank of words and the other player could be lying about the correctly guessed letters
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