Computer Program “Dr. Fill” Competes in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

The Takeaway

The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament held its annual puzzle-solving contest over the weekend, where decades-old rivalries are fought through pencil and grid. This year, the tournament had a new and potentially controversial unofficial entrant: a computer program called Dr. Fill. Tara Gadomski is a reporter for our partner the BBC.

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