LeetCode 269 Alien Dictionary - Problem Statement

The problem

Given a list of words sorted lexicographically in an alien language, infer the character order.

With words = ["wrt","wrf","er","ett","rftt"]:

  • "wrt" < "wrf" means 't' < 'f' (first difference at index 2).
  • "wrf" < "er" means 'w' < 'e'.
  • "er" < "ett" means 'r' < 't'.
  • "ett" < "rftt" means 'e' < 'r'.

Character order: "wertf".

If no valid ordering exists (cycle or invalid input), return "".

Constraints: 11 \le words.length 100\le 100. 11 \le word length 100\le 100.