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Find words which contain the most consonants

Count consonants in a fixed word list and return the words with the highest totals.

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Sourcerosettacode/popular/find_words_which_contain_the_most_consonants.vibe
def letter?(char: string) -> bool
  char >= "a" && char <= "z"
end

def vowel?(char: string) -> bool
  char == "a" || char == "e" || char == "i" || char == "o" || char == "u"
end

def consonant_count(word: string) -> int
  count = 0
  index = 0
  lower = word.downcase

  while index < lower.length
    char = lower.chars.fetch(index)
    if letter?(char) && !vowel?(char)
      count = count + 1
    end
    index = index + 1
  end

  count
end

def strongest_words(words: array<string>) -> { consonants: int, words: array<string> }
  best = 0
  output: array<string> = []
  index = 0

  while index < words.length
    word = words.fetch(index)
    count = consonant_count(word)
    if count > best
      best = count
      output = [word]
    elsif count == best
      output.push(word)
    end
    index = index + 1
  end

  {
    consonants: best,
    words: output
  }
end

def run -> { consonants: int, words: array<string> }
  strongest_words(["strengths", "rhythms", "vibescript", "algorithms", "crypts"])
end

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