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Longest Word With All Prefixes

Explore how to identify the longest word in a list whose every prefix is also present by using trie data structures. Learn to handle lexicographical ordering and optimize search strategies to solve prefix-related coding interview problems effectively.

Statement

You are given an array of strings, words. Your task is to find the longest string in words such that every prefix of this string is also present in words.

A prefix of a string is any leading substring. For example, the prefixes of "apple" are "a", "ap", "app", and "appl".

  1. If multiple valid strings have the same maximum length, return the lexicographically smallest one.

  2. If no such string exists, return an empty string "".

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq ...