i have a ~30k word text file somewhere (from an existing freeware scrabble game) but was thinking of a bigger one, as well. so, thanks, lemonade.
from the readme:
Quote: "
54,984 single words
Over 354,000 single words, excluding proper names, acronyms,
or compound words and phrases. This list does not exclude archaic
words or significant variant spellings.
256,772 compound words
Over 256,700 hyphenated or other entries containing more
than one word as well as all capitalized words and acronyms.
Phrases were considered 'common' if they or variations of them
occur in standard dictionaries or thesauruses.
113,809 official crosswords
A list of words permitted in crossword games such as Scrabble(tm).
Compatible with the first edition of the Official Scrabble Players
Dictionary(tm). Since this list has all forms: -ing, -ed, -s, and so on
of words, it makes a good addition when building a custom spelling dictionary.
4,160 official crosswords delta
When combined with the 113,809 crosswords file, it produces the
official crossword list compatible with the second edition of the
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. (Scrabble is a registered
trademark of Milton-Bradley licensed to Merriam-Webster.)
74,550 common dictionary words
A list of words in common with two or more published dictionaries.
This gives the developer of a custom spelling checker a good beginning
pool of relatively common words.
"
so, lots of unneccesary stuff (i'd probably go with the ~75k "common dictionary words", edited down, for the scrabble app i want to make some day, as well) because, considering scrabble rules, etc, some of them are impossible to use (ie, board is only 15 tiles across/wide, for starters. and, tho i haven't checked it all yet, if there are words with, say, more than 3 Z's or other combinations that can't exist based on the number tiles per letter (with blanks), etc, etc). otherwise, great source
side note: scrabble, like crosswords (both of which i work/play often enough) uses some "now-official" words that simply shouldn't exist. ie, i recently saw that tv show chef rachel ray's use of "EVOO" (extra virgin olive oil acronym/term) was enough to declare it an "official word", which almost made me sick to hear. i guess i experienced a little of what english folks feel when they think about what we americans have done to "their" language. heh.
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add: just checked on the EVOO thing. that was 2007... where did the time go?
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