Ten Den, Chris wrote:
> *** I wonder how many games would need to be played to use up all
> 178,691 words available. What source is the 178,691 figure based on?
>
> +++From a word list I got off of i believe www.zyzzyva.net
> <http://www.zyzzyva.net> It was a week or so that I retrieved it.
Yep, and I've verified that the Zyzzyva OWL2 list exactly matches the
statistics and checksums published by the Dictionary Committee, so the
lexicon is exactly correct.
There are some words in it that are unplayable in Scrabble, though.
CLASSLESSNESSES
KNICKKNACK
KNICKKNACKS
PIZZAZZ
PIZZAZZY
PIZZAZZES
POSSESSEDNESSES
RAZZMATAZZ
RAZZAMATAZZ
RAZZMATAZZES
RAZZAMATAZZES
STRESSLESSNESS
SENSELESSNESSES
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