Leetcode Problem 2868. The Wording Game

2868. The Wording Game

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Greedy Approach with Two-Pointer Technique

  1. Initialize two pointers ai and bi to point to the start of arrays a and b respectively.
  2. Set a flag aliceTurn to true since Alice starts the game.
  3. While both pointers are within the bounds of their respective arrays: a. If it's Alice's turn, find the next word in b that is closely greater than the current word in a. b. If it's Bob's turn, find the next word in a that is closely greater than the current word in b. c. If a closely greater word is found, update the pointer and switch turns. d. If no closely greater word is found, the current player loses.
  4. If the end of one array is reached, the player corresponding to that array loses.
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Backtracking with Memoization

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