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- THE MASTER WORD LIST
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- At the core of the WORDY package is a list of 100,683 words, the file
- WORD.LST. This is *not* the OSPD3 (tm) list, but is "compatible" with it. 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 4.02 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 (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. 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 the middle of December, 1995, WORD.LST is the only complete electronic
- list available reflecting the 3rd edition of the OSPD (tm). While this situ-
- ation may not long continue, WORD.LST will likely remain the only totally
- comprehensive Scrabble (tm) word list free and freely available. Note that
- WORD.LST (and WORDY) will be updated to reflect changes to the OSPD3 as it
- becomes finalized.
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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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- These errors have been corrected in this version, 4.02 of WORDY.
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- As of version 4.02 of WORDY, the master word list, WORD.LST, has been updated
- to reflect the changes in the THIRD EDITION of the OSPD (tm), the OSPD3 (tm).
- 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 133,284 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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