2018. Check if Word Can Be Placed In Crossword

https://leetcode.com/problems/check-if-word-can-be-placed-in-crossword

Description

You are given an m x n matrix board, representing the current state of a crossword puzzle. The crossword contains lowercase English letters (from solved words), ' ' to represent any empty cells, and '#' to represent any blocked cells.

A word can be placed horizontally (left to right or right to left) or vertically (top to bottom or bottom to top) in the board if:

• It does not occupy a cell containing the character '#'.

• The cell each letter is placed in must either be ' ' (empty) or match the letter already on the board.

• There must not be any empty cells ' ' or other lowercase letters directly left or rightof the word if the word was placed horizontally.

• There must not be any empty cells ' ' or other lowercase letters directly above or below the word if the word was placed vertically.

Given a string word, return true if word can be placed in board, or false otherwise.

Example 1:

**Input:** board = [["#", " ", "#"], [" ", " ", "#"], ["#", "c", " "]], word = "abc"
**Output:** true
**Explanation:** The word "abc" can be placed as shown above (top to bottom).

Example 2:

**Input:** board = [[" ", "#", "a"], [" ", "#", "c"], [" ", "#", "a"]], word = "ac"
**Output:** false
**Explanation:** It is impossible to place the word because there will always be a space/letter above or below it.

Example 3:

**Input:** board = [["#", " ", "#"], [" ", " ", "#"], ["#", " ", "c"]], word = "ca"
**Output:** true
**Explanation:** The word "ca" can be placed as shown above (right to left). 

Constraints:

• m == board.length

• n == board[i].length

• 1 <= m * n <= 2 * 105

• board[i][j] will be ' ', '#', or a lowercase English letter.

• 1 <= word.length <= max(m, n)

• word will contain only lowercase English letters.

ac