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let puzzles = [
  ['a', 'k', 'f', 'o', 'x', 'e', 's'],
  ['s', 'o', 'a', 'w', 'a', 'h', 'p'],
  ['i', 't', 'c', 'k', 'e', 't', 'n'],
  ['o', 't', 's', 'd', 'h', 'o', 'h'],
  ['s', 'e', 'x', 'g', 's', 't', 'a'],
  ['u', 'r', 'p', 'i', 'w', 'e', 'u'],
  ['z', 's', 'b', 'n', 'u', 'i', 'r'],
];

function searchStraightLineInclude(word, puzzle) {
  const arrayCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(puzzle));
  console.log(arrayCopy);
  let verticalStr = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < puzzle.length; i += 1) {
    for (let j = 0; j < puzzle[i].length; j += 1) {
      verticalStr.push(arrayCopy[j][i]);
    }
    if (verticalStr.join('').includes(`${word}`)) return true;
    if (arrayCopy[i].join('').includes(`${word}`)) return true;
    if (arrayCopy[i].reverse().join('').includes(`${word}`)) return true;
    verticalStr = [];
  }
}

searchStraightLineInclude('otters', puzzles)