Dr.Fill: Crosswords and an Implemented Solver for Singly Weighted CSPs · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1401.4597/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTDr.Fill: Crosswords and an Implemented Solver for Singly Weighted CSPs — mentioned by dfanhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15442354urn:hackerpapers:mention:1401.4597:15442354Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:01:45 GMT<p>Crosswords are pretty tough, partially because many puzzles (such as the Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday puzzles in the New York Times) have enough wordplay in their answers (not just the clues) that they break normal crossword rules, in a specific way that the solver has to determine. I think Dr. Fill (https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4597) is still the state of the art.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1401.4597/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AI