--- In [email protected], "Ten Den, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Good day all,
>
> I finished compiling the word list. I broke it down into 4 files,
or
> else it is too big. Right now it is 228 pages long.*
>
> If someone out there is good with .PDF, can they figure out how to
> compress them better. If they can get smaller that is. I have the
> source .html files but they are bigger and make your browser crawl
when
> opened.
>
> You can find the volumes on http://www.ottawascrabbleclub.com/
then go
> to the study room and look under lists.
>
> Make sure you double side your printer. Save a few trees. So
far, it's
> doing me pretty good, it's nifty to see the strategy with regards
to
> word length and the word played.
>
> The 2's and 3's are the #1 priority to learn.**
> 4's 5's and 6's are used mostly as dumps or power tile plays.
> 7's and 8's both start with 5 vowel words as priority then move
quickly
> to the stems.
>
> It's definitely a neat way to learn the words. By learning just
the
> first volume, you probably cover 75%*** of all plays you're ever
likely
> to see.
>
> * Word list does not contain every word. For example, BUBBLE
never made
> it into even 1 game out of over 1.3 million games.
> ** No, fortunately I didn't need to do this exercise to discover
that.
> You'll also note that ZZZ is nowhere to be found.
> *** The 75 percent stat was made up. I have no idea what it
really is.
I asked this question privately but got no response so I'll try
again publicly.
I assume that your exercise was to OWL2. If I'm right about that, is
there any chance of you repeating the exercise with SOWPODS?
The rest of the world would be very interested in the results.
Pete
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