class Solution {
 public:
  string shortestCompletingWord(string licensePlate, vector<string>& words) {
    string ans(16, '.');
    vector<int> count(26);

    for (const char c : licensePlate)
      if (isalpha(c))
        ++count[tolower(c) - 'a'];

    for (const string& word : words)
      if (word.length() < ans.length() && isComplete(count, getCount(word)))
        ans = word;

    return ans;
  }

 private:
  // check if c1 is a subset of c2
  bool isComplete(const vector<int>& c1, const vector<int> c2) {
    for (int i = 0; i < 26; ++i)
      if (c1[i] > c2[i])
        return false;
    return true;
  }

  vector<int> getCount(const string& word) {
    vector<int> count(26);
    for (const char c : word)
      ++count[c - 'a'];
    return count;
  }
};

class Solution {
  public String shortestCompletingWord(String licensePlate, String[] words) {
    String ans = "****************";
    int[] count = new int[26];

    for (char c : licensePlate.toCharArray())
      if (Character.isLetter(c))
        ++count[Character.toLowerCase(c) - 'a'];

    for (final String word : words)
      if (word.length() < ans.length() && isComplete(count, getCount(word)))
        ans = word;

    return ans;
  }

  // check if c1 is a subset of c2
  private boolean isComplete(int[] c1, int[] c2) {
    for (int i = 0; i < 26; ++i)
      if (c1[i] > c2[i])
        return false;
    return true;
  }

  private int[] getCount(final String word) {
    int[] count = new int[26];
    for (final char c : word.toCharArray())
      ++count[c - 'a'];
    return count;
  }
}

class Solution:
  def shortestCompletingWord(self, licensePlate: str, words: List[str]) -> str:
    def isMatch(word: str) -> bool:
      wordCount = Counter(word)
      return False if any(wordCount[i] < count[i] for i in string.ascii_letters) else True

    ans = '*' * 16
    count = defaultdict(int)

    for c in licensePlate:
      if c.isalpha():
        count[c.lower()] += 1

    for word in words:
      if len(word) < len(ans) and isMatch(word):
        ans = word

    return ans