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Hi everyone I'm looking to do a search on Zyzzyva that replicates the old 'contains any' functionality on Lexpert. For instance, all five letter words...
winchelsea66
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Jun 2, 2009
8:40 am
957
Do an anagram search for ????[JQXZ] 2009/6/2 winchelsea66 <edwardmartin100@...>...
Anand Buddhdev
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Jun 2, 2009
8:52 am
958
Thanks Anand, just what I need. Why is the ability to select the box for 'Not' greyed out when you enter, say, an anagram search? I would like to search as you...
Edward Martin
winchelsea66
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Jun 2, 2009
9:01 am
959
Hi Ed, I'm no programmer, but I suspect that there isn't an efficient algorithm for NOT Anagram Match-type searches. Fortunately, "Consists of" does exactly...
Nick Deller
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Jun 2, 2009
10:16 am
960
I can use a computer but not usually intuitively with new things - I need to be shown how. I have only recently downloaded Zyzzyva and cannot make head or...
Sandie Simonis
sandie7s
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Jun 3, 2009
10:43 am
961
I don't have much patience, but maybe I can get you started. Like when you first start Zyzzyva at the very top I see a round blue circle with a question mark...
Kevin Leeds
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Jun 4, 2009
5:07 pm
962
... Actually, in this case there is - you just need to generate both lists and then take the difference. martin...
Martin DeMello
martindemello
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Jun 28, 2009
4:46 pm
963
Just noticed after playing tonight that UTE is invalid according the latest zyzzyva version I downloaded tonight, but it's in our OWL2. *Is there another...
jesclair
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Jul 6, 2009
4:13 am
964
I have the most recent version running on multiple platforms and have not seen any missing words, including UTE. I'm no expert on the program, but I might...
Aaron Daly
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Jul 6, 2009
2:03 pm
965
I also have UTE on my version (2.0.5) when running the OWL2+LWL lexicon. I think, as Aaron alluded to, it might be a lexicon issue. Before you do a complete...
Dallas Johnson
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Jul 6, 2009
2:29 pm
966
Can anyone teach me to do the above? E.g. if I generate a list of all the 5's and want to remove (4 letter word +S) with no other anagrams? Thanks, Harshan...
HarshanL
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Jul 7, 2009
3:43 am
967
I can find a clunky and inelegant way of doing it, as follows. Something a bit neater would be welcome! First, create the list of words you'd like to delete...
Nick Deller
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Jul 7, 2009
9:45 am
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I got pretty intrigued by previous talk and the list of reversible 4+4's, so I decided to take this type of list a bit further. For anyone interested, below is...
Aaron Daly
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Jul 8, 2009
8:35 pm
969
Has anyone been able to contact Michael Thelen (author of Zyzzyva) lately? * His last rated Scrabble tournament was in February. * His last update to Zyzzyva...
Ross Brown
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Jul 10, 2009
6:41 pm
970
... He's been posting to his blog....
Lone Locust of the Ap...
zorak_94945
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Jul 10, 2009
7:44 pm
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... Thanks for the concern, and I'm sorry I haven't responded to your messages (that goes for anyone who is still waiting for a response). I tell myself every...
Michael Thelen
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Jul 10, 2009
8:46 pm
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I think this is probably an appropriate moment to once again thank Michael for his excellent work on what is an outstanding program which is produced in his...
David Steel
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Jul 10, 2009
8:52 pm
973
I was recently interviewed about Zyzzyva by Derek McKenzie of Word-Buff.com. I talk a little bit about why I created Zyzzyva, why I made it available for free,...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Jul 10, 2009
8:57 pm
974
hi everyone,, the anagram for A?????? includes APADANA,ATALAYA,ARAARAS,, the anagram for AA?????,, TAMARAO, ZAPATEO,, so on,, anagram for AAA???? DAGABAS and...
bean_0408
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Jul 11, 2009
5:14 am
975
... Search for Anagram -...
Geoff Cooper
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Jul 11, 2009
8:26 am
976
... Don't type in the / which Yahoo has added to show that the entry continues on the next line. The example above gives all seven letter words containing one...
Geoff Cooper
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Jul 11, 2009
8:40 am
977
In a message dated 11/07/2009 06:14:34 GMT Daylight Time, bean_0408@... writes: hi everyone,, the anagram for A?????? includes APADANA,ATALAYA,the anagr...
Jrossiter1974@...
jrossiter1974
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Jul 11, 2009
8:48 am
978
... Or alternatively (and more compactly) A[^A][^A][^A][^A][^A][^A] but it still takes a long time. The ^ means NOT and can be applied to a list as well as...
Evan Simpson
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Jul 11, 2009
11:09 am
979
... For this search, "Consists of" works a lot better. A length criterion of Min 7 Max 7, and a "Consists of Min 14% Max 15% A" gets there a great deal more...
Nick Deller
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Jul 11, 2009
11:26 am
980
... Thanks Ev, Much neater. I did reply to the original poster and point out that [BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ] could be substituted by...
Geoff Cooper
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Jul 11, 2009
4:43 pm
981
Using version 2.0.5 with CSW, has anyone had the following situation occur: EILNNOR Zyzzyva then says that ONLINER is incorrect but displays that as the answer...
Evan Simpson
m28ale
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Jul 12, 2009
9:00 am
982
... It would help to have more details, but my guess is that you're taking a quiz with the "Require lexicon symbols" box checked. Since ONLINER is new in CSW...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Jul 12, 2009
3:36 pm
983
... No. That box is not checked. Also, it has happened several times and not always with Collins only words. I will forward the screen shots and the copy of...
Evan Simpson
m28ale
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Jul 12, 2009
4:17 pm
984
... I think your solution is the best one I can think of. Thanks for sharing it! I also wanted to mention for everyone's benefit that you can save Search...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Jul 19, 2009
5:52 am
985
Michael Thelen suggested I ask you folks if you think this ambiguity is worth fixing. If you do, let him know. In Search panes using OWL2+LWL with lexicon...
Ross Brown
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Jul 28, 2009
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