Word list

Feb. 11th, 2009 06:13 pm
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Let's say someone with not enough free time on his hands had an idea for a web-based word game, and needed a word list akin to the OSPD for automated adjudication. What would be a good source of a reliable, non-encumbered list?

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Date: 2009-02-11 11:22 pm (UTC)
cnoocy: green a-e ligature (Default)
From: [personal profile] cnoocy
Take a look at SCOWL, http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/ which is an open-source set of wordlists by use category and frequency.

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Date: 2009-02-12 11:50 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] 530nm330hz.livejournal.com
Cool. Thanks!

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Date: 2009-02-12 04:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tahnan.livejournal.com
Also, the NPL website has the OSPD. Well, some version of it, anyway.

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Date: 2009-02-12 11:50 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] 530nm330hz.livejournal.com
Is it redistributable, though? I'd assumed the official SPD would be under copyright.

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Date: 2009-02-12 12:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tahnan.livejournal.com
Bah, copyright... Anyway, yeah, what Tin said below. And also really what G said above; it's seemed a good list, and I should rely on it more.

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Date: 2009-02-12 05:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tinhorn2.livejournal.com
The ENABLE wordlist is public domain -- I don't know whether any of the OSPD lists are (even though at least one is "freely" available). The link to ENABLE on the sourceforge page above does not work, but I have a copy if you would like one. I believe the readily available NI2 list is public domain, but about 1/3 of the words in it are not very cromulent by today's standards.

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Date: 2009-02-12 11:51 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] 530nm330hz.livejournal.com
Excellent. Thank you.

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