(Although I love Space Invaders too – it would be positively rude not to do that next.) Not just an anagram word finder, but words beginning with *, words with * as third letter etc. My first project is to build a program as an aid to scrabble. You're right, that's another way and I'm planning on doing that too.
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A lot of these books or online tutorials are not written well and the code offered is biased to what the author wants you to do. Rather than relying on a book, wouldn't it be more prudent to choose a project (say, "space invaders" or "staff holiday system") and glean what you can from the various sources available to you (and I would say this source is a key starting point)? Otherwise you risk tying yourself to the author's opinions, and that has been devastating for some of my students.