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- THE MASTER WORD LIST
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- At the core of the WORDY package is a list of 100,694 words, the file
- WORD.LST. This is *not* the OSPD3 (tm) list, but is "compatible" with the
- =final release= of same. As of this release of WORDY, there is an estimated
- "error" rate of less than 0.02%, perhaps ten or less. If you find any words
- that you feel do not belong on the list, for one reason or another, please
- notify the author.
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- SPECIAL OFFER: If you are the *first one* to report errors (not previously
- corrected in version 4.10 or later of WORDY) in the master word list,
- WORD.LST, I will pay you $1.00 for each error found. The definition of an
- "error" is a misspelling or an entry not found in the OSPD3, final release
- (inflections of OSPD3 entries are not errors). There are also a few
- "signature" words in the list that are not errors, such as "eventuality", a
- legitimate word not included in the OSPD3, final release. Legitimate words,
- even if not in the OSPD3, do *not* count as errors! Note that this offer
- applies to *registered* users only. Reports from unregistered users will be
- gratefully received, and will probably result in a waiver of the
- registration fee, but no bonus can be paid. Report errors preferably to my
- e-mail address, given below.
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- The master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith released into the Public Domain.
- Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in any manner they see fit, even if
- the registration fee for WORDY is not paid. This word list is my gift to the
- Scrabble (tm) community, as an alternate to other "official" word lists. Game
- designers may feel free to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please
- credit me as the originator [while I am publicity shy, a little recognition
- always helps]. Note that if you as a game designer use the WORD.LST in your
- product, you may still copyright and protect the product, but you may *not*,
- under law, copyright or in any way restrict redistribution of the WORD.LST
- portion of your product. This *may* under law restrict your rights to
- restrict your users' rights, but that is only fair.
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- As of early January, 1996, WORD.LST is the only complete electronic list
- available reflecting the =final release= of the 3rd edition of the OSPD (tm).
- While this situation may not long continue, WORD.LST will likely remain the
- only totally comprehensive Scrabble (tm) word list free and freely available.
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- WORD.LST (pronounced "word-dot-list") is now the generic term for the
- ASCII-format word file released into the Public Domain as a standard and a
- reference for crossword-type games. As laptop and palmtop computers become
- more common and affordable, it will be convenient to use the WORD.LST in
- conjunction with utilities such as SEARCH.EXE (part of the WORDY package) to
- adjudicate disputes in word game competitive play. The OSPD (tm) in its
- various versions and incarnations is not, IMHO, particularly well suited for
- this application (it is poorly organized and clumsy to use). Furthermore,
- the WORD.LST is free from corporate politics, scheming and conniving,
- committee wrangling, "politically correct" appeasement, compromising, greed
- motive, and all other such ***nonsense***. The WORD.LST is yours, word game
- players! Use it. Help keep it updated and corrected. Distribute it (you do
- *not* need my permission, or anyone else's, to do so)!
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- LIST OF ERRORS FOUND IN WORD.LST IN WORDY350
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- aba missing
- cystitides out of order
- dialoged duplicated
- dialoging duplicated
- mastitides out of order
- surveilled duplicated
- surveilling duplicated
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- LIST OF ERRORS FOUND IN WORD.LST IN WORDY360
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- bals missing
- buffi missing
- prefight missing
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- LIST OF ERRORS FOUND IN WORD.LST IN WORDY370
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- zyzzyvas duplicated
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- ADDITIONS TO WORD.LST IN WORDY402 TO REFLECT FINAL CHANGES IN OSPD3 (tm)
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- bacterias broking cottered redialled redialling rolf rolfed rolfer
- rolfers rolfing rolfs spartan wimpier wimpiest
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- Everything has been corrected and updated in this version, 4.10 of WORDY.
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- As of version 4.10 of WORDY, the master word list, WORD.LST, has been updated
- to reflect the changes in the =final release= of THIRD EDITION of the
- OSPD (tm). The OSPD3 (tm) will be valid in tournament play as of 02/01/96.
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- Note that the WORD.LST has *not* been expurgated.
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- As a registration incentive, I will, upon receipt of the registration, mail
- you a disk containing a LONGWORD.LST, a list of 147,526 words over 8 letters
- long. Almost all the utilities in WORDY *will* work on this list. This means,
- among other things, that a supplementary dictionary will no longer be neces-
- sary to verify the "validity" of words too long to be included in the OSPD3
- (just use the SEARCH utility in the WORDY package).
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- Scrabble (tm) and OSPD (tm) are trademarks owned by Milton Bradley, a
- Division of Hasbro.
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- WORDY is *not* copyrighted and is *not* a trademark. It may be found under
- 'W' in any dictionary, just as scrabble, the verb, may be found under 'S'.
- The make-believe word "hasbro" may be whimsically defined as "possessing a
- male sibling" (named Milton, I guess).
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