Group Anagrams

def is_anagram(a, b):
    # Same length, and every letter appears as often in a as in b.
    if len(a) != len(b):
        return False
    counts = [0] * 26
    for c in a:
        counts[ord(c) - 97] += 1
    for c in b:
        counts[ord(c) - 97] -= 1
    return all(x == 0 for x in counts)


def groupAnagrams(strs):
    # Sort first: each group fills up in alphabetical order,
    # and groups are created in the order of their first word.
    groups = []
    for word in sorted(strs):
        for group in groups:
            if is_anagram(group[0], word):
                group.append(word)
                break
        else:
            groups.append([word])
    return [" ".join(group) for group in groups]

def groupAnagrams(strs):
    # Sort first: each group fills up in alphabetical order,
    # and groups are created in the order of their first word.
    groups = {}  # key (the letters in sorted order) -> the group's words
    for word in sorted(strs):
        key = "".join(sorted(word))
        groups.setdefault(key, []).append(word)
    # A dict keeps insertion order, so the groups come out by first word.
    return [" ".join(words) for words in groups.values()]