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WHAT IS THIS *WORDY* BUSINESS, ANYHOW?
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Almost all the word lists in this SCRABLST package were *automatically*
generated using utilities in the WORDY shareware package by the same author.
Yes, this is an advertisement of sorts for WORDY. For a $2.00 registration
(plus shipping and handling if you order a disk directly from the author),
WORDY puts in your hands a complete set of pattern matching, word list
generating and reformatting utilities, as well as a fun word game to
practice and exercise Scrabble (tm) playing skills (also useful for other
word games and crossword puzzle solving). Best of all, WORDY contains at its
core an all-inclusive list of more than 100,000 words compatible with the
new ***3rd edition*** of the OSPD (tm). The author has released this word
list into the Public Domain as a "present" to the Scrabble (tm) community.
Registered WORDY users now receive as a bonus an additional list of 133,000+
words over 8 letters long (the WORDY utilities also work with this list). It
is easy to generate word lists to your specifications and do various flavors
of anagramming with the WORDY utilities. No serious Scrabble (tm) player
should be without WORDY! For programmers and bit fiddlers, the WORDY package
even contains the complete source code, in C, of all the utilities.
To show how much more you get in WORDY if you enjoyed SCRABLST, there
follows a file listing of the (ver. 4.00) WORDY package.
Files contained within WORDY
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READ.ME Info and musings about the programs and the author.
WHATS.NEW Updates and additions for this version of WORDY.
WORD.LST List of 99,000+ words acceptable for WORDY game,
and incidentally, also in Scrabble (tm) word
game. "Compatible" with the OSPD (tm), 2nd ed.
In ASCII format.
WORDY.DOC Instructions for playing the WORDY game.
SEARCH.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone search utility.
ANAGRAM.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone anagram
utility.
BINGO.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone Bingo-finding
utility.
XFIND.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone word-pattern
matching utility.
UNSCR.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone "unscramble"
utility.
INSET.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone "inset"
utility.
XTRACT.DOC Instructions for using stand-alone "extract"
utility.
RF.DOC Instructions for using file reformat utility.
PREFIX.DOC Instructions for using prefix word-extractor.
SUFFIX.DOC Instructions for using suffix word-extractor.
PATTERN.DOC Instructions for using the word pattern finder.
OFSET.DOC Instructions for using the OFSET utility to
generate lists of those words containing a
specified number of letters from a designated
letter set.
1DIF.DOC Instructions for using the 1DIF list generator.
UTILS.NOT Note on the use of the WORDY utilities.
WORDLST.DOC Important information about the WORDY master word
list. You *must* read this.
1DIF.TXT Rules and description of an exciting new
Scrabble (tm) variant.
EDITORL.NEW Author's comments (flame?) on the 2nd Edition
of the OSPD (tm).
DISCLAIM.ER Legal disclaimer. Please do not sue the author.
Or shoot the piano player.
README.1ST This file.
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WORDY.EXE The game executable for color systems only.
WORDYM.EXE The game executable for monochrome systems only.
SEARCH.EXE Standalone utility to see if word is in enclosed
game dictionary.
ANAGRAM.EXE Stand-alone anagramming utility.
BINGO.EXE Stand-alone Bingo-finding utility.
XFIND.EXE Stand-alone word-pattern matching utility.
UNSCR.EXE Stand-alone "unscramble" utility for solving
word-scramble puzzles.
INSET.EXE Stand-alone utility to match portions of words in
master word list in exact order given.
PREFIX.EXE Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
with a given prefix.
SUFFIX.EXE Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
with a given suffix.
XTRACT.EXE Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
from the master word list that include or exclude
chosen letter sets.
1DIF.EXE Stand-along 1DIF word list generator, for use
with 1DIF Scrabble (tm) variant.
(see file 1DIF.TXT).
PATTERN.EXE Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
fitting a designated letter-occurrence pattern.
OFSET.EXE Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
that contain at least a specified number of
letters from a designated set.
RF.EXE Utility to reformat pattern-matched files to
print multiple columns across.
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DESCRIPTOR FILES REQUIRED BY VARIOUS DISTRIBUTORS
FILE_ID.DIZ Archive description for BBS network distribution.
SDN.ID Archive description for SDN network distribution.
SDN.CTL Archive description for Delphi / Bix / Fidonet
distribution.
DESC.SDI Short descriptor file of Wordy package.
AVEXTRA.TXT Short file to create "unzip" message.
VENDINFO.DIZ Vendor product information descriptor file.
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ANAGRAM.C Source code for programmers.
BINGO.C Source code for programmers.
RF.C Source code for programmers.
XFIND.C Source code for programmers.
UNSCR.C Source code for programmers.
INSET.C Source code for programmers.
XTRACT.C Source code for programmers.
SEARCH.C Source code for programmers.
PREFIX.C Source code for programmers.
SUFFIX.C Source code for programmers.
1DIF.C Source code for programmers.
PATTERN.C Source code for programmers.
OFSET.C Source code for programmers.
SRCH.H Source code for programmers.
And those, gentle people, are the files contained in the WORDY package.
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Scrabble (tm) and OSPD (tm) are trademarks of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.
WORDY is *not* trademarked or copyrighted. It belongs to everyone.
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The author of SCRABLST AND WORDY takes a modest bow... <grin>
The December 1995 issue of PC COMPUTING (page 365) gave WORDY a five-star
rating (the highest).
WORDY (and other shareware / freeware by the author) is available for
download on many local and national BBS's and on on-line services, on some
ftp sites on the Internet, from some disk vendors, and on some CD ROM
shareware compilations. If you are unable to locate it, you may order it
directly from the author on 3.5" diskette for the (modest) $2.00
registration + $1.50 shipping & handling. (You can even save yourself the
$1.50 shipping / handling charge if you enclose a stamped, self-addressed
disk mailer with a blank 3.5" HD diskette.) You will receive in return not
only the latest version of WORDY (as of this date 3.50), but in addition a
list of 134,000+ words over 8 letters in length and also a selection of the
author's other interesting software.
M\Cooper
3425 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
Grantsville, MD 21536-9801
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Email: thegrendel@aol.com