Saw this problem in a Leetcode discussion : https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/1257566/goldman-sachs-tech-analyst-bengaluru-2021-off-campus-offer

Given 2N words each of length N. We have to arrange all the words in a matrix of size N * N such that all the words can be read in the crossword matrix (horizontally/vertically). Also, find the lexicographically smallest arrangement if many are possible: Not sure about constraints , but is there any better way other than brute force ?

Example:

Input:

N = 3

{$$$abc, bfj, cgk, ade, dfg, ejk$$$}

Output:

$$$abc$$$

$$$dfg$$$

$$$ejk$$$

Any ideas ?