# 0211. Design Add and Search Words Data Structure

<https://leetcode.com/problems/design-add-and-search-words-data-structure>

## Description

Design a data structure that supports adding new words and finding if a string matches any previously added string.

Implement the `WordDictionary` class:

* `WordDictionary()` Initializes the object.
* `void addWord(word)` Adds `word` to the data structure, it can be matched later.
* `bool search(word)` Returns `true` if there is any string in the data structure that matches `word` or `false` otherwise. `word` may contain dots `'.'` where dots can be matched with any letter.

**Example:**

```
**Input**
["WordDictionary","addWord","addWord","addWord","search","search","search","search"]
[[],["bad"],["dad"],["mad"],["pad"],["bad"],[".ad"],["b.."]]
**Output**
[null,null,null,null,false,true,true,true]
**Explanation**
WordDictionary wordDictionary = new WordDictionary();
wordDictionary.addWord("bad");
wordDictionary.addWord("dad");
wordDictionary.addWord("mad");
wordDictionary.search("pad"); // return False
wordDictionary.search("bad"); // return True
wordDictionary.search(".ad"); // return True
wordDictionary.search("b.."); // return True
```

**Constraints:**

* `1 <= word.length <= 500`
* `word` in `addWord` consists lower-case English letters.
* `word` in `search` consist of  `'.'` or lower-case English letters.
* At most `50000` calls will be made to `addWord` and `search`.

## ac

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