(impossible?) to implement a smooth progression indicator.

is recursive with a number of pruning techniques, so it is difficult

required to complete a given anagram search.  The search algorithm

The progress bar is not a very accurate estimator for the time



deleted.

Note that if all usable words are deleted then all anagrams are also

Use shift-command-click to delete all usable words or anagrams.



before deleting lots of usable words.

anagrams, so it is a good idea to delete all anagrams (see below)

also be deleted.  This might be a bit slow if there are thousands of

If a usable word is deleted, all anagrams containing that word will

Use command-click to delete a usable word or anagram.



   although there are some rare cases when the reverse is true.

   It is usually faster to find anagrams with decreasing word lengths

- You can list anagrams by increasing or decreasing word lengths.

   faster to display/copy/save words and anagrams in uppercase.

   Note that dictionary words are stored in uppercase, so it is a bit

- You can display usable words and anagrams in upper or lowercase.

   The alphabetical listing makes it easier to find known words.

- You can list usable words alphabetically or by length.

The small radio buttons make it easy to change various options:



will be generated the next time you click on the button.

set the minimum and maximum number of words in the anagrams that

Below the "Find Anagrams" button are two edit boxes that let you



the next time you click on the button.

set the minimum and maximum lengths of words that will be generated

Below the "Find Usable Words" button are two edit boxes that let you



Spaces in the entered text are ignored and letter case is not significant.



so the program will warn you if it has to ignore extra letters.

fox jumps over a lazy dog".  The search text has a limit of 255 letters,

This can be useful when searching for alternatives to "the quick brown

Entering "cat*" is like typing "catabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".

When entering text you can use "*" as a wild card for all 26 letters.



names or phrases and enter them quickly at any later stage.

Use the "hot text" commands (in the Edit menu) to save favourite