WHAT'S NEW ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Version 1.0 04/90: ----------- Crude and buggy first release. Works only with mono monitor. Entered words checked only for constructability. Countup timer makes play awkward. It was compiled under the Tiny(!) model of an early version of Mix C (tm). New to version 2.0 05/17/93: ------------------ Numerous bugs fixed. Vastly improved user interface. Timer now works cor- rectly as countdown timer. Words entered now checked "on the fly" if valid. Versions for both color and mono monitors included. Valid word SEARCH util- ity included. New to version 2.5 09/04/94: ------------------ Now included is a stand-alone ANAGRAM utility that allows finding all "valid" words that can be constructed from any given set of letters. With C source. New to version 2.6 09/09/94: ------------------ A stand-alone word-pattern matching utility, XFIND, is now also part of the WORDY package. It lets crossword puzzle solvers "fill in the blanks". Regis- tration is still $2.00 for the entire package. New to version 2.62 09/24/94: ------------------- Added UNSCRAMBLE utility for solving the "Jumble" or "Scramblegram" puzzles in newspapers and magazines. Added an INSET utility for finding all words in list *containing* letterset, in exact order. Useful for constructing study lists for competitive word game players. Added an XTRACT utility for making word lists containing a given letterset in any particular order, with the option of excluding letters. Ditto above. New to version 2.63 01/10/95 ------------------- Utilities tweaked to be able to lookup words up to 15 letters long, in anticipation of update to 2nd ed. of OSPD (tm). New to version 2.9 01/27/95: ------------------ This is actually a preview of ver. 3.0. Beta-test. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Updated WORD LIST to be compatible with the 2nd edition of the OSPD (tm). * !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Made XTRACT utility more flexible, able to use different input files. Added Reformat utility to enable pattern-matched word files to print 5-across, for convenience in hard-copy printout. Eliminated ANAGRAM2 utility, which is now unnecessary. Minor display and cosmetic bugs in utility files corrected. New to version 2.91 02/05/95: ------------------- Prefix and suffix extraction utilities added. Also minor bug fixes. New to version 3.0 02/06/95 ------------------ More bug fixes. Finally ready for the "Big Time" as Version 3. New to version 3.01 02/25/95 ------------------- Fixed some typos in DOC files. New to version 3.10 02/26/95 ------------------- Updated ANAGRAM utility to be able to use "wild cards" or "blank tiles" Added BINGO utility to anagram out only 7-letter "bingos". New to version 3.11 03/06/95 ------------------- Swatted a couple of bugs in the BINGO utility and altered BINGO to anagram out bingos of 7 or *more* letters. New to version 3.12 03/14/95 ------------------- Gave the RF file reformat utility additional "intelligence" to be able to determine automatically the optimal number of columns in the target file. New to version 3.13 04/29/95 ------------------- Speeded up the utilities approximately 20% by adding extra file buffering. New to version 3.15 08/06/95 ------------------- More bugfixes. Gave the WORDY game a cosmetic facelift. New to version 3.16 08/29/95 ------------------- Did some clean up in the master word list (WORD.LST). New to version 3.50 10/12/95 ------------------- Major cleanup of the master word list (WORD.LST), which is now estimated to be 99.98% "clean" (maximum of maybe 10 "errors" total in entire list). Master word list, WORD.LST released to Public Domain. List of words new to OSPD2 removed as unnecessary (now in freeware version of SCRABLST by same author). Fixed SEARCH, XFIND, and UNSCRamble utilities to be able to search different word files besides master file. Minor bug fixes in PREFIX and SUFFIX utilities. Recompiled utilities in 80386 code to speed them up approx. 10%. Utilities no longer will run on 286 or earlier machine. New to version 3.51 10/24/95 ------------------- Maintenance release. Fixed 7 errors in WORD.LST reported by a registered user in Baltimore. New to version 3.60 10/27/95 ------------------- Increased flexibility of RF utility, allowing "filtering" of ReFormatted files to words of *less than*, *greater than*, or *equal to* a specified length. Also fixed a couple of intermittent bugs in RF. Fixed minor error in ANAGRAM utility (gave wrong count of words anagrammed). Fixed bug in UNSCR utility (when invoked without arguments, froze up). Patched INSET utility to work with other lists. Patched PREFIX utility to work with other lists. Patched SUFFIX utility to work with other lists. New to version 3.70 12/03/95 ------------------- More fixes to master WORD.LST. Added letter-occurrence PATTERN finder utility. Added OFSET utility to generate lists of words containing at least a specified number of letters from a designated letter pool. Rules & description of an exciting new Scrabble (tm) variant, 1DIF. Added 1DIF word list generator as support for 1DIFfers. Placed the master word list, WORD.LST, in the Public Domain as a present to the word gaming community. New to version 4.00 12/16/95 ------------------- Updated the master WORD.LST to reflect preliminary changes in third edition of OSPD (tm). (Note: WORD.LST has *not* been "expurgated".) Fixed minor bug in XTRACT utility (word count lists o.k. at file end now). Minor re-edits of "working message" in utilities. Minor re-edits of .doc files. New to version 4.01 12/18/95 ------------------- Fixed a subtle little bug in the XTRACT utility that misinterpeted letter set under repeat use. New to version 4.02 12/21/95 ------------------- Patched BINGO utility to work with alternate word lists besides WORD.LST. Fixed a minor bug in the RF utility that gave a wrong word count. Corrected a misspelling in one of the .doc files (oh, embarrassment). Changed colors in WORDY practice game for easier visibility. New to version 4.10 01/11/96 ------------------- Updated the master word list, WORD.LST to the =final release= of the Third Edition of the OSPD (tm). Minor corrections in the .doc files. New to version 4.11 01/29/96 ------------------- Two corrections on master word list. New to version 4.12 02/11/96 ------------------- Whoops. Four more additions to the master word list. New to version 4.20 03/08/96 ------------------- Three more corrections to master word list. Added TOUPPER upper case conversion utility for word lists. Modified WORDY game to automatically keep a cumulative RECORD file on disk of game statistics. New to version 4.40 05/18/96 ------------------- No more corrections to master word list (hurray!). Added VOWELS utility for generating lists with a specified number of vowels. Added GO.EXE menu interface for "launching" most of the utilities (this nice program was written and contributed by Steve Oliger, soliger@epix.net). New to version 4.41 06/21/96 ------------------- Maintenance update. Fixed a couple of very minor bugs in docs and utility displays. Updated monochrome version of WORDY game for new features of color version. Added UNRF (unreformat) utility to allow reversing the effects of RF. Updated for new physical & e-mail address. New to version 4.42 07/05/96 ------------------- Patched UNSCRamble utility to accept wild cards (blank tiles) and to optionally filter output for given letter at specified position. New to version 4.50 10/05/96 ------------------- Added HPR, high-probability "filter" to create high probability word lists. Fixed minor bug in XFIND utility. Corrected e-mail address for Steve Oliger (soliger@epix.net), finally. New to version 5.0 03/11/97 ------------------ Expanded master word list by adding over 71,000 words over 8 letters long. Patched ANAGRAM utility to mark bingos found with a leading asterisk. Added HOOKTO utility that finds front or back and front-and-back hooks. Added JUDGE program for adjudicating word challenges. New to version 5.02 03/18/97 ------------------- Bugfix maintenance release. Fixed 20-odd reported errors in expanded master word list. Fixed bug in SEARCH and JUDGE that restricted word length to 16 letters. Updated .doc files. New to version 5.10 05/14/97 ------------------- Major reedit of master dictionary (over 5,000 changes made). The dictionary is now the most authoritative one for tournament play available from any source. New to version 5.12 05/28/97 ------------------- Interim update. A few hundred changes made to the master dictionary. New to version 5.14 06/09/97 ------------------- Several hundred more changes made on master dictionary. This should be the last revision before the dictionary is finalized. New to version 5.20 09/04/97 ------------------- The WORD.LST finalized and "unbundled" from WORDY. It is now necessary to download ENABLE10.ZIP from http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/software.html to obtain the list. New to version 5.21 10/06/97 ------------------- Added SELECT utility (like XTRACT, but with option of selecting words with specified number of letters). New to version 5.22 10/17/97 ------------------- Patched ANAGRAM utility to accept different word files. Added TOLOWER utility to convert upper case word lists to lower case. Added NGTEST utility to test word lists for extraneous characters. New to version 5.30 11/16/97 ------------------- Minor corrections to DOC files. Added multi-word anagram/unscramble utility (MULTI). Added string sorting utility (STRSORT). ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Still only $2.00 to register the whole ball of wax (hint, hint). Additional contributions get free update, support, and additional software. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Note that there are frequent "bug fixes" in the WORDY software. Any complex computer program contains bugs (ask Microsoft!), the testing / fixing process literally never ends. User feedback is extremely helpful in catching bugs. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Scrabble (tm) and OSPD (tm) are trademarks of the Milton Bradley Co, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. Mix C (tm) is a trademark of Mix Software. WORDY and 1DIF are *not* trademarks and *are* in the Public Domain for free and unrestricted use. WORDY is not copyrighted. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ M\Cooper PO Box 237 St. David, AZ 85630-0237 ------------------------------- Email: thegrendel@theriver.com Web: http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/