So if you search for “ b.b“, it will return all words that start and end with a b and have exactly one letter in the middle: bib, bob, and bub. For example, a dot “.” matches any character. Although Regular Expressions are fairly complex, you can get a lot out of them even if you just know some basics. The search term actually supports Regular Expressions, which allow you to look for patterns and ranges of words. In this example, abode has two different definitions and both are displayed. The words and their definitions are then displayed underneath the search window, as shown below: You type your word, and then press enter, or click Go!. The dictionary should be relatively self-explanatory. I decided NOT to filter out two-letter words, although they are invalid in Boggle. So it can be used for Scrabble, or any other dictionary need you may have. There is nothing in particular that ties it to Boggle, but that is what it was created to do. I had written it years ago to just run from a laptop, but just now updated it to be mobile-friendly and decided to put it online so others could use it too. In reality, it’s just me (not my wife) who usually makes up words, so we typically just use it for my words. (Now updated to the CSW).įor our own Boggle pleasure, I created a simple utility to lookup into the dictionary to give us a clear YES or NO for our Boggle words. There are a number of standard ones, very highly controversially pruned and managed, so we just picked one, called the OWL2 dictionary. So I decided to fallback to more standard dictionaries that are used for Scrabble. We found that this was getting very inconsistent because different dictionaries have different words in them. For some time, when there was a questionable word, we would just google to see if there was a definition for it. My wife and I have played a large amount of Boggle over the years. There are significantly more words in this dictionary, so beware that you will need to change your game! You can still find the old dictionary here if you are attached to it.
I have updated the dictionary to use the CSW2019 dictionary. This is because the underlying OWL2 dictionary limited the length of base words.
Word game dictionary app update#
UPDATE May 2022: Several have reached out and asked why the dictionary is missing words. To launch the dictionary, click on the button below: This is a simple dictionary that I made and use to play Boggle.
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