WORD-LISTS

"Kids Words"  
Contains approximately 2,000 words hand-picked for children.  An excellent vocabulary builder.  (Included in shareware version.)

"Words" 
Has a vocabulary of nearly 40,000 words.  We have edited this list to remove as many esoteric words as possible. You can of course add your own words or delete any you don't like. We've also included a text file with some useful strategic words that you can add to this word-list, see the the "notes" section at the bottom of this page. (Included in shareware version.)

"Lexiconus Gigantus"
Comes with every word we (and everyone else we know) could think of -- well over 100,000 words in all.  This list is for serious word-game fans.

"Juniors"
Includes 10,000 words that will be familiar but stimulating for kids ages ten to sixteen.

"Spanish"
A Spanish language lexicon compiled by Juan L. Varona  (jvarona@siur.unirioja.es)

"British"  
A lexicon of British spellings. Compiler unknown.

"Italian"
An Italian word list.  Compiled by Paolo N.I.D. Matteucci (matteucci@dm.unito.it)

"Science"
A medical and life sciences lexicon composed of word lists compiled by Clare Shumway (Clarens@aol.com) and Life Science Dictionary Project (lsd@lsd.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp).

"Norse"
A Norse lexicon by Svein Olav Nyberg (solan@maths.ed.ac.uk)

"Gaelic Manx"
A lexicon of a form of Gaelic spoken on the Isle of Man. (http://homepages.enterprise.net/kelly)


NOTES:   
    
X-WORDS DELUXE STRATEGIC WORDS LIST

THIS FILE CONTAINS UNUSUAL AND STRATEGIC WORDS WHICH MORE EXPERIENCED X-WORDS PLAYERS MAY WANT TO ADD TO THE STANDARD "WORDS" LIST THAT COMES WITH THE PROGRAM.


TO ADD THESE WORDS:


1) RUN X-WORDS DELUXE.

2) SELECT "ADD FROM TEXT FILE" FROM THE WORDS MENU.

3) A DIALOG WILL COME UP SHOWING FILES TO CHOOSE FROM; SELECT "STRATEGIC WORDS" AND CLICK OKAY.


THAT'S IT!  YOU'RE ALL SET.

•  YOU MAY WANT TO MAKE A COPY OF "WORDS" AS THIS PROCEDURE CANNOT BE REVERSED. 


HELP US IMPROVE X-WORDS DELUXE

    Finally, we'd like to expand our word lists,  and we want to make them as clean as possible.  So if you think you know a word that should be in a word list, or a word that shouldn't be, please e-mail or write and let us know.

    We will incorporate all valid suggestions in updates to the program, and if we use your suggestion, we'll add your name to our "Thank You" list!