;; clojure solver for given problem at
;; http://programmingpraxis.com/2010/07/13/word-cube

(ns cube
  (:use [clojure.contrib.duck-streams :only (read-lines)])
  (:use clojure.set))

(defn words-solver [string words-file]
  ;; find middle character
  (let [middle (get string 4)]
    ;; do magic line by line
    (doseq [line (read-lines words-file)]
      (and
        (< 3 (count line))
        (not (empty? (filter #(= middle %) line)))
        (empty? (difference (set line) (set string)))
        (println line) ))
))

;; usage
(words-solver "ncbcioune" "words.txt")