findpananagrams2.py

import itertools

def get_word_variations(word):
    return ["".join(seq) for seq in itertools.permutations(word)]

def find_pananagrams(words, report_threshold):
    wordset = set(words)
    for word in words:
        if word in wordset:
            valid_variations = [var for var in get_word_variations(word) if var in wordset]
            wordset.difference_update(valid_variations)
            score = len(valid_variations)
            if score >= report_threshold:
                print score, "-", ", ".join(set(valid_variations))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    f = open("3letterwords.txt")
    words = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()]
    find_pananagrams(words, 4)