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- ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ\r
- ENABLE\r
- ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ\r
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-The Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon (ENABLE) is the most\r
-thoroughly researched, and therefore the most authoritative word list\r
-and reference available for Scrabble players. The word list file itself\r
-retains the name WORD.LST, to retain compatibility with the WORDY\r
-utilities (http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/wordy530.zip)\r
-originally written for it. The word list is in plain ASCII format,\r
-unencrypted, and is placed in the Public Domain for anyone to use as\r
-they see fit. It is non-proprietary, free, and freely available for\r
-any legal use. Moreover, it is "open source" in the sense that the\r
-researcher and compiler, Alan Beale, carefully explains and elucidates\r
-the reasoning that has influenced his judgments on which words belong in\r
-the list and why. The first edition of ENABLE has become a recognized\r
-standard and a benchmark for the Scrabble community. This revised\r
-millennial edition continues in the same proud tradition.\r
-\r
-Since the release of its first edition, in the fall of 1997, ENABLE has\r
-become something of a de facto standard for electronic word lists used\r
-by word gamers. It has been adopted by developers and programmers for\r
-interactive on-line word game servers and word construction (anagramming)\r
-software.\r
-\r
-The master word list in ENABLE, WORD.LST, is *not* the so-called TWL98,\r
-a proprietary word list prepared by an "official" dictionary committee\r
-with a corporate agenda. On the contrary, it is an even more accurate\r
-and authoritative reference for the serious Scrabble player. It is\r
-primarily the result of a single unifying vision, that of Alan Beale,\r
-who dedicated countless hours to research. ENABLE therefore represents\r
-not merely a superior alternative to the OSPD/TWL, it threatens to\r
-supplant and replace it, to squeeze the very life out of it in a process\r
-of Darwinian selection.\r
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-\r
-ENABLE reflects the changes to the OSPD that went into place as of\r
-January 1, 1998, so many "old friends", such as "vin" and "da" have now\r
-disappeared. The original WORD.LST contained 100,701 words, this enhanced\r
-Y2K update has 173,528. This word list would not have been possible\r
-without the help of a number of people in the Scrabble community, most\r
-notably Alan Beale for his tireless research, and to them go my thanks.\r
-This revised second edition of ENABLE incorporates the words added to\r
-the new printings of MW10, as well as Alan Beale's research into obscure\r
-plurals and other lexicographic arcana.\r
-\r
-Ample documentation for the claims of accuracy and authoritativeness\r
-of the ENABLE list is contained in the SUPP2K.ZIP archive, particularly\r
-in the file TWL_ENAB.DOC. This file contains a detailed listing of the\r
-differences between the ENABLE list and the DOOM/TWL98 list, including\r
-sources and justifications for the additions and corrections.\r
-\r
-The master word list, WORD.LST, contains all 70 of the MW10 "also\r
-called" words. These are the italicized entries in the MW10 hidden in\r
-definitions of other words with the notation "also called". An example\r
-of this is found in the entry for "streelight", wherein is the notation\r
-"also called streetlamp". Therefore, the word "streetlamp" belongs in\r
-the ENABLE WORD.LST. A complete list of these "also called" words, with\r
-appropriate cross-references, may be found in the ALSO.LST file in the\r
-SUPP2K.ZIP archive. Note that the DOOM/TWL98 list opened this particular\r
-"can of worms" with the adoption of the word "starfruit", found in the\r
-definition of "carambola". Nevertheless, the DOOM/TWL98 list still omits\r
-some of the plurals of these words.\r
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-This edition of ENABLE benefits from the painstaking research on obscure\r
-plurals done by Alan Beale. He unearthed a number of explicit plurals in\r
-MW10 that OSPD and other lists omit (see PLURALS.DOC in the supplementary\r
-archive). This alone gives ENABLE a significant advantage over OSPD\r
-and TWL.\r
-\r
-In contrast to other word lists, the ENABLE list has not been crippled\r
-by being limited to words under an arbitrary length. The ENABLE list is\r
-eminently suitable for most word games, such as Anagrams and Clabbers,\r
-and for crossword puzzle solving, rather than just for Scrabble. A great\r
-deal of research has gone into removing this limitation, however the\r
-list is much the better for it.\r
-\r
-The file SIGWORD.LST is a list of the 1024 words in WORD.LST that do not\r
-appear in the OSPD or MW10, but either appear in other standard sources\r
-or are words the ENABLE maintainers believe worthy of lexicographic\r
-recognition. These "signature words" distinguish this list from others. Of\r
-course, those wishing to may delete the SIGWORD.LST words from the\r
-WORD.LST in order to obtain a more "standardized" listing. This may be\r
-accomplished simply and quickly using the UNIX "comm" utility in the\r
-following manner:\r
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- comm -23 word.lst sigword.list > word.lst.new.\r
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-This will create the file "word.lst.new" with the signature words deleted.\r
-\r
-As of this update, it is no longer necessary for DOS and Windows users to\r
-resort to manually editing the WORD.LST file to remove the SIGWORD.LST\r
-words. Alan Beale's MAKELIST utility, distributed in the supplementary\r
-archive, provides the opportunity to build custom lists by combining\r
-selected auxiliary lists from the ENABLE2K supplement with the base list.\r
-Even UNIX users may find MAKELIST more convenient than running built-ins\r
-from the command line or a script.\r
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-ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ\r
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-The ENABLE master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith formally released\r
-into the Public Domain. Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in\r
-any manner they see fit. No fee or registration is required for its\r
-use nor are "contributions" solicited (if you feel you absolutely\r
-must contribute something for your own peace of mind, the authors of\r
-the ENABLE list ask that you make a donation on their behalf to your\r
-favorite charity). This word list is our gift to the Scrabble community,\r
-as an alternate to "official" word lists. Game designers may feel free\r
-to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please mention the source\r
-and credit us as originators of the list. Note that if you, as a game\r
-designer, use the WORD.LST in your product, you may still copyright and\r
-protect your product, but you may *not* legally copyright or in any way\r
-restrict redistribution of the WORD.LST portion of your product. This\r
-*may* under law restrict your rights to restrict your users' rights,\r
-but that is only fair.\r
-\r
-It is to be expected that the maintainers of the OSPD and TWL will\r
-benefit from the research done for ENABLE. If these people incorporate\r
-portions of ENABLE into their lists, this may compromise the copyrighted\r
-proprietary status of those lists.\r
-\r
-The accuracy of the WORD.LST is due, in great part, to the herculean\r
-efforts of Alan Beale. He has put in many hours of multi-dictionary\r
-research in checking conjugations, inflections, plurals, and obscure\r
-parts of speech of thousands of words. In every sense of the word,\r
-he is as much the father of the word list as anyone.\r
-\r
-Ross Beresford (ross@bryson.demon.co.uk) has incorporated the WORD.LST\r
-from the first edition of ENABLE into his North American Scrabble version\r
-of his excellent TEA word list generation / analysis program. See his\r
-home page, http://www.bryson.demon.co.uk/, for word list info and more\r
-details of TEA.\r
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-ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ\r
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-WORD.LST (pronounced "word-dot-list") is the generic term for the\r
-ASCII-format word file released into the Public Domain as a standard and\r
-a reference for crossword-type games. As laptop and palmtop computers\r
-have become more common and affordable, it is convenient to use the\r
-WORD.LST in conjunction with utilities such as SEARCH.EXE and JUDGE.EXE\r
-(parts of the WORDY package) to adjudicate disputes in word game\r
-competitive play. The OSPD in its various versions and incarnations\r
-is not particularly well suited for this application as it is poorly\r
-organized, sometimes difficult to interpret, and clumsy to use (try\r
-locating the word PELVES in the printed OSPD, for example). Furthermore,\r
-the WORD.LST is free from corporate politics and agendas, scheming\r
-and conniving, committee wrangling, "politically correct" appeasement,\r
-compromising, greed, and all other such nonsense. The WORD.LST is yours,\r
-word game players! Use it. Help keep it updated and corrected. Distribute\r
-it (you do *not* need permission to do so, but tell us about it)!\r
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-ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ\r
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-Scrabble and OSPD are trademarks owned by Milton Bradley, a division of\r
-Hasbro.\r
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-Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.\r
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-WORDY is *not* copyrighted and is *not* a trademark. It may be found\r
-under 'W' in any dictionary, just as scrabble, the verb, may be found\r
-under 'S'. The make-believe word "hasbro" may be whimsically defined as\r
-"possessing a male sibling" (named Milton, I guess).\r
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-ENABLE is not a trademark. WORD.LST is not a trademark.\r
-\r
- This whole trademark business has been taken to ridiculous extremes.\r
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-Disclaimer: Neither I nor Alan Beale is in any way associated with the\r
-so-called "Official Dictionary Committee", nor with the NSA in any of its\r
-guises or avatars (i.e., neither the National Scrabble Association nor\r
-the National Security Agency). We did not and do not have direct access\r
-to the so-called TWL98, and the ENABLE list is not derivative from it. We\r
-do believe, however, the the ENABLE list is more thoroughly researched,\r
-more accurate, and therefore a more authoritative and generally useful\r
-replacement for the TWL98 list.\r
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-Important note:\r
-The supplementary archive, SUPP2K.ZIP, is a valuable adjunct to ENABLE. It\r
-supplies additional word lists, Alan Beale's "makelist" utility for combining\r
-and expurgating lists, and the must-read documentation files on word list\r
-research on plurals. The resources in this supplement make possible creating\r
-one's own "SOWPODS" list, creating custom combined lists, or even lists with\r
-"nasty words" removed, suitable for family use.\r
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- M\Cooper\r
- thegrendel@theriver.com\r
- http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/\r
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