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- THE MASTER WORD LIST
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- At the core of the WORDY package is a list of 100,701 words, the file
- WORD.LST. This is *not* the OSPD3 (tm) list, but is extremely closely
- "compatible" with the =final release= of same. As of this release of WORDY,
- there is an estimated "error" rate of less than 0.01%, perhaps five or less.
- This word list has been cross checked by a number of people active in the
- Scrabble (tm) community, and to them go my thanks. If you find any words
- that you feel do not belong on the list or are missing, please notify the
- author.
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- SPECIAL OFFER: If you are the *first one* to report errors (not previously
- corrected in version 4.42 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 or a word found
- in the OSPD3 but missing from WORD.LST (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 "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 January, 1996, WORD.LST is the only complete electronic list available
- reflecting the *unexpurgated* final release of the 3rd edition of the OSPD
- (tm). Update: in midsummer 1996, WORD.LST remains the only totally compre-
- hensive 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 particularly well suited for this
- application as it is poorly organized, sometimes difficult to interpret, and
- clumsy to use (try locating the word PELVES in the printed OSPD, for
- example). 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, but tell me about it)!
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- Errata
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- WORD.LST IN WORDY300 UPDATED TO OSPD2
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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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- WORD.LST IN WORDY400 UPDATED TO OSPD3
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- ADDITIONS TO WORD.LST IN WORDY402 TO REFLECT FINAL CHANGES IN OSPD3
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- bacterias broking cottered redialled redialling rolf rolfed rolfer
- rolfers rolfing rolfs spartan wimpier wimpiest
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- LIST OF ERRORS FOUND IN WORD.LST IN WORDY410
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- darkies missing
- honkeys missing
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- LIST OF ERRORS FOUND IN WORD.LST IN WORDY411
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- guyline missing
- guylines missing
- nerdier missing
- nerdiest missing
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- LIST OF ERRORS FOUND IN WORD.LST IN WORDY412
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- amnionia delete from list
- diddleys missing
- pelves missing
- (corrections thanks to Robert Parker)
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- [Since March, 1996, no new corrections have been reported.]
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- Everything has been corrected and updated in this version, 4.42, of WORDY.
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- As of version 4.42 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) has been 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 171,000+ 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 divi-
- sion 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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