<p>Given an <code>m x n</code> grid of characters <code>board</code> and a string <code>word</code>, return <code>true</code> <em>if</em> <code>word</code> <em>exists in the grid</em>.</p>

<p>The word can be constructed from letters of sequentially adjacent cells, where adjacent cells are horizontally or vertically neighboring. The same letter cell may not be used more than once.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/11/04/word2.jpg" style="width: 322px; height: 242px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> board = [[&quot;A&quot;,&quot;B&quot;,&quot;C&quot;,&quot;E&quot;],[&quot;S&quot;,&quot;F&quot;,&quot;C&quot;,&quot;S&quot;],[&quot;A&quot;,&quot;D&quot;,&quot;E&quot;,&quot;E&quot;]], word = &quot;ABCCED&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> true
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/11/04/word-1.jpg" style="width: 322px; height: 242px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> board = [[&quot;A&quot;,&quot;B&quot;,&quot;C&quot;,&quot;E&quot;],[&quot;S&quot;,&quot;F&quot;,&quot;C&quot;,&quot;S&quot;],[&quot;A&quot;,&quot;D&quot;,&quot;E&quot;,&quot;E&quot;]], word = &quot;SEE&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> true
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/10/15/word3.jpg" style="width: 322px; height: 242px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> board = [[&quot;A&quot;,&quot;B&quot;,&quot;C&quot;,&quot;E&quot;],[&quot;S&quot;,&quot;F&quot;,&quot;C&quot;,&quot;S&quot;],[&quot;A&quot;,&quot;D&quot;,&quot;E&quot;,&quot;E&quot;]], word = &quot;ABCB&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> false
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>m == board.length</code></li>
	<li><code>n = board[i].length</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= m, n &lt;= 6</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= word.length &lt;= 15</code></li>
	<li><code>board</code> and <code>word</code> consists of only lowercase and uppercase English letters.</li>
</ul>

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<p><strong>Follow up:</strong> Could you use search pruning to make your solution faster with a larger <code>board</code>?</p>

class Solution:
    def exist(self, board: List[List[str]], word: str) -> bool:
        
        xlen = len(board)
        ylen = len(board[0])


        dirs = [[1,0],[0,1],[-1,0],[0,-1]]
        def dfs(x,y,w):
            c = board[x][y]
            board[x][y]='0'
            if w == "":
                return True
            for dir in dirs:
                x2 = x + dir[0]
                y2 = y + dir[1]
                if 0 <= x2 < xlen and 0 <=  y2 < ylen and board[x2][y2] == w[0]:
                    if dfs(x2,y2,w[1:]):
                        return True
            board[x][y] = c
            return False

        for i in range(xlen):
            for j in range(ylen):
                if board[i][j] == word[0]:
                    if dfs(i,j,word[1:]):
                        return True
        print(board)
        return False


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